Brumation - Who, What, Why, When and Where?!

[obie_1]

Is any body else finding there ranks/beardies are trying to brumate i brought a breeding pair a few months ago and put them into my set up with correct temps theyld previously been kept in a viv with no stat so the temps were really too high,im now finding that my female is always diiging herself in and going off too kip wheras my male is fine,any ideas on what todo with her as im not over keen on keeping them in far 2 high temps?

[wizzysjpip]

after reading this thread i am hopin my female is goin thro the same process... now just 12 months old
sleepin an awful lot... off her food.. dug herself in a hole

sounds about rite doesnt it?
how long can i expect it to last?

it is worrying cos she is not eatin

thanks

[Dave8706]

ive had my dragon coming up to 1 year of its 3 years,
i didnt know anything at the time of getting him (unwanted pet from orig owner)
i noticed the hiding away in a corner not moving, digging, loss of interest in food,
i did feed him a few crickets today n he was up n chasing them.

i am seeing these signs again.
still unsure on how to go about it properly
ive already sarted lowering the amount of time the lights are on.
(he hasn't went in a few days,) hopefully a bath after a cleanout of his viv will sort that.
i am lead to believe that during burmation - keep a temp of around 35-45F. missleading or true?
exo terra ceramic heatlight give out that heat?

[rick01]

Just follow the instructions in the original sticky. Once the heat is turned off totally I keep ours in a room where the temp is a constant 15~16C and no lighting at all. They bury themselves under a rock or down a hole so you're trying to imitate that. Unless your temps are liely to drop much below 10C then there is no need for any sort of heating and definitely no lighting needed.

Rick

[sam gamgee]

Originally Posted by rick01

Just follow the instructions in the original sticky. Once the heat is turned off totally I keep ours in a room where the temp is a constant 15~16C and no lighting at all. They bury themselves under a rock or down a hole so you're trying to imitate that. Unless your temps are liely to drop much below 10C then there is no need for any sort of heating and definitely no lighting needed.

Rick

For how long?

[Dave8706]

from searching the web, on many places it its sead that this can be anything upto 3 months.

[rick01]

Until he starts getting restless again. This can be any time from 8 to 14 weeks.

Rick

[hobbes]

cheers Rick,
great info, but i need 'tailored' info !

a few weeks ago our 2 year old male bd was shwoing signs of 'slowing down'.

i took a poop sample to the vets and they gave a 5 day script of panacur after saying his poop was 'infested' with worms.

he's totally off his greens but still goes mental for crickets, the rest of the time he doesn't want to come out and spends all day laying spark out like a burst balloon on the floor of the viv.
i'm wanting to follow brumation guidelines, but am worried that it could could be worms/parasites that are making him behave this way ...
i read in another thread (can't find it now, 'ukgeckos' said there's a parasite who's symptoms are very similar to brumation)

am going to go back to the vet this week, but want to go forewarned, any help is much appreciated.
paul, our bd, hasn't lost weight, loves live food, won't touch greens, likes a massive poo in the bath every 4-5 days .... is this brumation ?

many thanks to anyone who can set my mind at ease/tell me what to do

[rick01]

I'd bet on it being the worms causing his slowdown and in any case you do need that fixed before considering brumation(we had to do the same with one of our guys this year). I would have expected that the treatment would be 5 days treatment, 10 days off, 5 days treatment then a check again for worms. For the moment maintain the temps "as is", once he's been given the "all clear" if he still shows signs of slowing down, staying in the cool all the time, lack of appetite then start following the brumation procedure.
Hope this helps.

Rick

[asm1006]

Hello, I have 3 beardies and one vittikins.

I have adjusted their timers (uv and heat) accordingly to the nights closing in and darker mornings.

With this I have noticed their appetites have slowed, with the occasional burst of energy for a few crickets. Their salad (usually devoured) is now picked at. Poo's usually graced the vivs daily but now every few days.

Interestingly, the vittikins showed signs of slowing down about 2 weeks prior to the others.

But my question is this...Poppy laid a clutch of eggs about two weeks ago, she is showing signs of slowing down too. Yesterday she did the biggest poo ever-do I brumate her? What if she double clutches? Is this possible if temps are low? Or should I try and hold off brumating her for a while longer? No prob if so as she is in her own viv.

Jerry the randy male is still fairly active trying to get out of his viv to grab Poppy again-obviously am keeping them separate. I assume he will slow down in the coming weeks.

If our winter gets really cold could I use a ceramic on a low setting on a stat 24/7?