My Beardie sleeps all day?

[Helikaon]

Originally Posted by dragon lady

i think we need some sizes of the 2 dragons....for comparison...& for brumation

at 10mnths my boys averaged.... in length from chin to tail tip.....44cm....head..6.5cm...weight 300grams
.................................................. .................................................. ..."'"........48cm... " ".....8 cm......" "........460grams

but they hadnt fully grown yet!...thats the key issue with brumating

well at those sizes they would be fine to brumate at 10 mnths.

[dragon lady]

your set up sounds fine....
personally to me its a matter of size...i dont brumate till they stop growing in length
dragons can keep filling out till they are 5-6yrs of age
some take longer than others

only other thing that i can think of ....do you have live feed...woodies/crickets in the habitat they live in
as this will cause stress

[Manie]

I will measure and weigh them tomorrow, they dont seem that big, but its hard to tell as you see them daily and dont notice them growing. I might put the temps back up. I lowered them a bit as i thought thats what had to be done, but that was only slightly. The only other thing that i do is take them out when the weather is nice to their outdoor enclsure. For a few hours. Maybe its too cold now (Sydney)

[Manie]

ah also, i feed them crickets in a tub. Theres never anything live in their enclosure

[dragon lady]

great stuff with using a feed tank!

yes....they can smell the chill in the air....unreal!
even keeping then inside..they know what season it is!!
wouldnt take them out side now....not till warm spring days

[JasonL]

As long as they have good weight, and brumation is done properly, size does not matter, as they won't loose hardly any weight at all if done properly. I would try to keep small dragons eating though, but not by moving the dragon ie "waking it up" but by better heating, maybe even night heating is needed. These days I let all my dragons take two years to reach full size, the young ones slow right down in winter but remain eating smaller amounts every day.

[sebbie0983]

I'm very interested in this thread at the moment as I've just bought a 3 month old beardie and although he has been sleeping a lot lately I've been picking him up sometimes when he is asleep to warm him up and feed him, he avoids the warmer spots so I've been giving him baths. JasonL you say this is a bad idea as it cause heart rate rises but as he's so young I'm uncomfortable not feeding him, what do you suggest for one so young?

[JasonL]

Pm sent

[bigpython]

I got a 5-6 month old here, has slowed a little but still eating like a demon.
I find he goes to sleep alot earlier.

[Armand]

yeh my male beardie sleeps all day now.. doesnt even bother no matter what i do..