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18-Mar-08, 09:39 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: macarthur (NSW) Gender:  | | | Do i brumate my beardy this season
Hey everyone
I have a 1.3 month old beardy. i didn't brumate him last season. Can i brumate him this season. He is not quite adult size yet. If i can brumate him what month do i start to not feed him and lower the heat and everything and what month do i put it all to normal again. I live in around macarthur if that helps.
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20-Mar-08, 11:38 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-07 Location: SouthAustralia Gender:  | | | | How big is he...generally you wait till fully grown
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20-Mar-08, 11:44 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: May-06 Location: Hornsby Age/Gender: 33 | | | | 1.3 month or year?
beardies tend to stop eating themselves when their heat gets turned down and put tehmselves into brumation, just make sure he craps out all the food in his tummy befoer u let him sleep, the rotting food/poo can cause illness and infection.
if hes not fully grown with decent fat stores i wouldnt brumate him.
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20-Mar-08, 12:20 PM
|  | I love it LOUD! Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Sutherland Shire NSW Age: 32 | | | | I didn't lower heat or daylight at all last year when my beardies were only about 6mths old, however found with the lower night and ambient temps they brumated themselves.
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20-Mar-08, 12:29 PM
|  | LEHOOO ZE HURRRR ^_^ Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: herpin on the gold coast ;D Gender: | | | | sorry bout my ignorance.. but brumate? whats that..
like cooling a snake ready for breeding??
or is it more like a reptile form of hibernation?
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20-Mar-08, 12:33 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: May-06 Location: Hornsby Age/Gender: 33 | | | | reptile form of hibernation,...snakes need to be cooled for fertility reasons, beardies are fertile regardless.
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20-Mar-08, 01:18 PM
|  | Invert nut Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-05 Location: QLD Gender: | | | | some reptiles do truely hibernate but as far as i know no aussie herps do, they either brumate or aestivate
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20-Mar-08, 03:37 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-07 Location: SouthAustralia Gender: | | | | you wouldnt really want to brumate under fully grown....can lead to reptile not reaching full length or worse not waking up!
juveniles generally dont have enough body fat as they are still growing to recover from brumation...... post pics if you can...may help
or weights ,length & head width for a overall perspective
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20-Mar-08, 05:57 PM
|  | Seller | Join Date: May-06 Location: Suburban Adelaide Age/Gender: 24 | | | | if your not planning on breeding, dont brumate.... keep the temps and food up
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20-Mar-08, 06:07 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: macarthur (NSW) Gender: | | | | Soz he is 1 year and 3 months.
Thanks for everyones help. i wont brumate him.
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