Hi oh man-- - this whole Brumation thing has me VERY stressed! I recently adopted a Beardie - maybe 4-5 months ago. The woman who was caring for him didn't know his exact age, so he's approx. 4-6 yrs. I have been caring for him as best as I possibly can, but no one knows much about the Brumation thing. I'm about to order a new enclosure for him- he came in a......75 gal??? Aquarium tank and I am not satisfied with my attempts at cleaning it ect-- I need a FRONT OPENING enclosure! Your video has encouraged me- THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!! LOVED YOUR ACCENT 💜
My beardie is not on a thermostat and he went into brumation as SOON as temps went a little colder! He wasn't having it! lol My kind of pet! lol (I don't like winter either!)
I wanted to share just how thankful I am for you taking the time and care to make this video. I am admittedly under educated, however recently under less than ideal environmental conditions I took in this phenomenal bearded dragon, with not much other than my loving heart and innovative ability to make due with raw materials I made him a little enclosure, however he was sleeping with me and my apartment has no heat yet, I woke up this morning and he would not Wake up I literally thought he was dead, I'm freaking out, crying, doing cpr, what I understood was in the winter they hibernate, however I did not have a real reason to inquire more prior to this I was just trying to make sure he ate and I could keep him warm, fast forward a couple hours, your video saved me so much Googling and comparing and freaking myself out, words are just words until they mean something, and my heart ripped out of my chest 7 times this morning I don't have the energy to look all over I needed to find comfort In self education, I had a traumatic brain injury and cognitive issues, so it's really great to find someone who can simplify and summarize the key parts that are vital and use their words to highlight them In ways that my brain can remember or reference back to in the future. Better late than never to be informed however, I now can feel confident in my real life experience and will remain calm during his time asleep. I didn't know what to do and I felt horrible so thank you for kindly and very thoroughly communicating this for everyone it really makes a difference and leaves me with a peaceful sense of clarity and better equipped to continue my bearded dragon adventure without shaking him every 5 seconds or creepily staring at him to make sure he is breathing. I didn't feel or see a heartbeat so I was really upset, I didn't know that the heart rate and breathing slows down that slow and occurs so suddenly. Thank u
My beardie, Mando, has slowed down significantly but he still eats from time to time and his bowel movements are less frequent (duh). I’ve been really worried about him but now that I’ve watched this video, I feel more confident in leaving him alone. He’s also preparing to shed a good portion of his face so I think that could be preventing him from going into brumation... (aside from me harassing him with love and attention which I’ll stop now).
My bearded dragon refuses to eat food but doesn’t retreat to darker colder areas instead he goes onto his basking rock and just sleeps. Is that normal?
so many great distinctions made, my beardie was brand new and i didnt realize how much the littlest things can throw them off so hard, I was running lighting manually, highly recommend a repti timer
MY tank has a touch screen timer/ thermo stat, so the tanks light turn on and of at certain times. Also that means the tank always stays at 40.4 degrees c :)
My beardie is on a thermo and she isnt brumating. She justs takes a bit more nap time but still explores and eats on her own. Thanks for all the helpful info btw!
We live in the US, northern midwest. Our baby Jerry is around 7 years old (we rescued 2 years ago) and he has went into brumation every winter. He goes in around Oct-Nov and stays that way til March or so. We use a thermometer to regulate temps. He is a really social guy, and starts sleeping more and not asking to get out. In the spring he starts looking around from his hidey hole and then I offer some food. He gets up and usually starts his spring Jerry dancing aka mating behaviors😆. We drop some water on his nose time to time and like my infant children I feel the need to check if he's alive but he's always fine. Just looks out a slitted eye at me like "What the hell Mom I'm trying to rest?"
This is really good to hear because my Frank is about a year, and he went into Brumation early like end of Sept as the temps began cooling and it was getting darker a little earlier. I keep seeing they shouldn't be in brumation over 4 months, and I have been so worried he will die if he stays in until the weather is warmer. We are looking at a good 6 months of him hiding out if he does indeed stay in his hide through winter. We see snow in March a lot too, so late April / May is when it actually warms up here in KS. UGH this is so stressful.
Yes mine does and yes I have a thermostat, she has been in it since mid November 2019, she is totally asleep. I have 3 the other two are juveniles they are not even slowing down, I live in South Florida. Great video, I subscribed
I have 2 more, I hit the wrong number, I would like to add she ate like a piggy prepping for brumation, wow I did that with my uvb light just like you said, instinct kicked in
Thank you so so much for this video. I was so confused & you put it in a way that was so easy to understand. THANK YOU for taking the time to put this out to help people 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Good info. I’ve found as he nears brumation. I start reducing the lights by an hour each week. So normally basking and uvb are from 7 am to 9pm. So after week one it is 7am to 8pm. I do this til I get to 5pm. Keep at 5pm lights on for another week. Then I turn off all lights and keep a blanket over cage for about two months. She remains in total dark during that period. Checking on her occasionally. Works great.
Thank w for creating this video. I have an 11 month old and I believe he’s trying to go into brumation . He currently weighs 623 grams and I have noticed he is not as active and doesn’t want his food much and I wanted to get more information on what to look for 😊
That explains evvvvverything !! all 4 bromate In the summer… which makes sense because my air conditioning is on and the house is 68-70 degrees and in the winter months our heat it on
Wow that explains alot! I just moved my year old male into a bigger tank and moved him to my room which is colder a couple weeks ago. He's never done this before but he's been in his hide on the arid side for 3 days now
Thanks for the great video Richard! My girl Nuri tends to brumate in the Fall. Her enclosure is well regulated and the day/night schedule does not change throughout the year, but I think she senses the change in temperature at night (I turn off all lights and heat at night). During the summer, the temps at night are 25-27C, while during the winter the night temps are around 20C.
Hi there! Thank you for this video! I’ve liked and subscribed! My 6+ yr old bearded dragon is in brumation now. I adopted him in March 2019, he’s my first beardie. I keep his tank next to a window for his viewing pleasure, so the temperature in his tank has changed since winter began. I’ve kept his basking and uvb lights on a timer and though I’ve added heating pads, the cooler temperature coming through the window combined with the shorter natural daylight hours has led him into brumation. He was nice and healthy before. It’s been 3 weeks of sleep now. Since this is my first experience idk wether I should just leave him alone or check on him. I know it’s natural for him to sleep. I don’t know anything about his past. The day he began brumation, he had a good poop then ate a little bit of greens and blueberries and burrowed down in his hide. So it’s just a small bit of food on his stomach. I’m not breeding and he is simply a pet. Should I let him be? Should I go ahead and wake him? (I do miss him) Should I move his tank and stabilize the temperature? I just want what’s best for my guy! Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Thank you! I was leaning towards leaving him be, my concern is that he really hid well and I can’t see him at all under his hide and I worry but my gut tells me he’s fine.
All my beardies are on thermostats 2 have never gone into brumation (ages 4 and 3) and 3 have (ages 13, 9 and 5) reptiles are also very sensitive to atmospheric changes so when it rains and storms a lot they will know which can cause brumation (I also see a change in my female ball pythons around this time too they always become so picky 🙄😂). It’s also signalled by hormones too there are a couple of studies done that are online that show that beardies do go through a big hormonal change during brumation so even if your temps stay the same they may still go into brumation.
Beth 276 oh! Maybe that's why my beardie has been acting weird! It been cold and rainy out. But he is in a nice hot enclosure! I guess he can sense it.
thanks for sharing. my little dude is 1 yr and he's in his hide sleeping all the time. some days i see he's awake, then back to sleep. his physical was A+
@@mutajen3695 that’s normal, they don’t enter a true sleep like hibernating animals do so they still wake up on warmer days to drink and sometimes poop :)
i thought i looked into brumation in general terms as not that many good brumation video's/info on tegus. really finding this helpful :) and will be sharinf on the tegu page
Btw I had a beardie years ago, he always brumated around fall. He would hunker down in his hide and just sleeeeeeep. I think my new beardie who's about 5 or 6 months old, got so used to being outside in the real sun, he was outside daily!! When the weather started getting colder we couldnt put him outside anymore and thats when he started slowing down.. so a massive light/natural uv change is what happened. Even have a brand new MVB and he still doesnt want to come outta it. But hes so young. His sibling is now 2x his size because she isnt brumating and still plowing thru food!
my bearded dragon is barley a couple months old and is sleeping, closing its eyes a lot an barley moves. is it possible for a small one to be brumating?
From what I have read, they don't brumate in their first year. I would get a parasite check if I where you.. first year is very important to their growth.
Also they will stay in the basking side like 90 percent of the day because they need lots of sunlight and uvb to digest their food an get warm enough to want to eat.
@@MsAdam09 where can I get this parasite test? Our little one looks quite lethargic and is currently hiding in a corner asleep, he’s eaten a hopper and a morio worm today
@@deer5927 I use parasitevet.co.uk as I'm in the the UK. You request a kit and they send you a container and a return envelope. Put poop in the container and send it back and they will email you the results. If you are not in the UK maybe try a vet or ask your local reptile pet shop what they use.
This video has been very helpful, thank you so much. First time beardie owner, here. I'd read about brumation, my beardie is a couple years old and he startd acting oddly like you were describing- going to darker parts of his terrarium and his hide when he usually doesn't, sleeping a lot more and eating less. I figured he's starting to go into brumation and I'm really nervous abou it since it's his first time, so thank you for posting this video. We live up in northern america up near canada- I'm really anxious about it but this has been really helpful and i feel a little bit more prepared, thank you
Thanks for the video. I have a 7 year old male who's a bit odd. He eats, but only if I hand feed him. Live insects, he will eat on his own however he's seem very slow about it over the past year or so. I wasn't sure if he needed to go into brumation or not. He doesn't eat very much and poops 3 weeks to a month sometimes. He's has a good weight. I have a thermostatically controlled light and heat that go on together for 12 hours and let it drop a few degrees overnight. I'll lengthen that to 13 hrs during the summer and shorten it 11 or so in the winter. I guess he's just getting up in his years.
Oobi (my beardie) is almost 2 years old and he goes into brumation every winter season. From the end of November to about the end of January sometimes into February! First time scared me! I thought he was dying or something. I usually keep the temps the same, and he just goes away from the hot side to the cool side digs a huge hole and lays in it lol. He will wake up to eat every few days or so ( like once a week), but I always have to put him on the hammock under the basking light to make sure he'll digest. Otherwise he will just go back in the hole he dug. Since I know when he's about to brumate I always give meds before hand (reptaid=lifesaver lol) and wait for a big poo. After that I just check him to make sure he's still alive and leave him be. Periodically I will intervene to give him a bath since he's old enough to be on loose substrate (NO SAND!!!)....cocoa soil/peat moss mix seem to work for me with a LOT of large pond stones. I check his femorals and leave him to his laziness....Lazy beardies are the best ha ha
Mine on a thermostat and I’ve not changed it. He was tiny when brought and ate like a horse for 8 months. He’s now stopped eating. Not moving about and hiding behind his bed. All healthy so now presuming he’s going into brimstone so dropped my temp and reduced my uvb a few hours a day. Hoping I’m doing right
@@NORTHERNEXOTICS think it was me disturbing him that stopped him. I’ve turned his uvb light down to 6 hours a day and covered the side he’s sleeping but not changed his temp. he’s not moved from behind his bed for three days now he looks fast asleep 😴
Great info thanks mine even though lights etc the same as always but like you pointed out outside it is now colder.She ran around like a mad for a couple of days seems she was just trying to find the best spot which she's now curled up and has been asleep all day for her first day. She had also gone off food too for the last week or so not taking live food just the occasional bit of veg.
Hi another great video my Beaded Dragon he Is on the thermostat so it’s Viv pretty much is always the same temperature but he goes into Brumation Regular as clockwork end September and will be for 6 to 8 weeks I turn his lights down like you said keep the heat on i don’t feed him
This is my first winter with my bearded dragon and he has been hiding under a washcloth for a very long time, I usually get him out and put him under his heat, he will eat his bugs when I feed him, but he wants to sleep so I think I will let him stay under their, he hasn’t pooped in a while so I don’t know what to do about getting a fecal exam
My little guy has been in brumation for about 6 weeks (his first time) I know it's a natural thing to happen but it still made me nervous, seeing him not eat etc l. Your video put my mind at ease. Thank you! I'm feeling a lot better about it 😊
Thank you sir. This video has put my mind at ease, as my beardie has been very lethargic over the past week or so, and seemed half asleep most days. He hasn't eaten during this time, and now he's gone into hiding in the cool part of his viv. So now I think I'll follow your advice and turn off his uvb light for an extra two hours a day 🙂
@@NORTHERNEXOTICS He's spending time basking nearly every day at the moment, and still spending time in hiding too, but still not eating. Should I be worried?
My beardie is around a year old he's not been interested in food for 2 months now. Pretty sure he's brumating as he's weighed 500g going in and has lost 5g over 2 months so now 495. I just thought it was weird that he is brumating in the summer but like you say in the southern hemisphere winter is summer.. Brilliant videos keep it up
l think they notice the barometric pressure change if nothing else and sense this way better then we do. My snakes certainly react to this and of course darn breeding season which for some coincides with cooler weather too. l am thinking beardies would be similar noticing this.
My bearded dragon is 13 years old and has never gone into brumation but he slows down in the winter and eats less unfortunately he is now battling RI and is on Baytril
Larry my lizard is about a year an a half now he’s never gone into his rock/caves ever since he was born even if food went in there he would wait... this morning he’s curled up In the rock this is his first time and his first winter being older then 10months he has always been on a thermostat ever since he was born
My bearded dragon is almost 4 now, but each year since we got her she hasn’t eaten anything for 5-7 months each time. Last one lasted just over 6 months.
I have a Rankins that just went into brumation about 3 weeks ago no thermostat but none of my other 4 dragons ever have temp normally stays within 5°f all year
My bearded dragon is nearly 10 years old and I think she has decided to start brumating but she has never done it before. For the past 3 days she has been lying under her fake log looking half asleep. At first I moved her under her basking light but 5 mins later she was back under the log. Im not sure if I need to leave her lights on now or just switch them off.
I'm so scared I'm a bad bearded dragon owner.... My beardie is over a year old and he is not as chunky as most beardies (he is also still kinda small), I'm scared something might happen during the winter...
I have had my bearded dragon for about 3 years and I dont have a thermostat and hes in a 40gal and he has never brumated. Thats why im watching this video because I was worried about it.
Mine is a year old, he slowed down his eating.. he became lethargic .. he pooped before he went to sleep, though he was still the same weight.. he was constantly laying in the same spot in a hide for a week or two.. he is my fourth dragon but it’s the first time I’ve had a dragon that brumates.. he’s perfectly healthy and fine though.
Hi! My bearded dragon is on a thermostat and is always on the hot side. He has really slowed down eating, so I took him to the vet and they did a blood draw and fecal test plus a physical and said everything was fine. I’m not sure why he’s not eating, do you have any suggestions? He is 2 years old.
mine has done same. i tried increasing temp to prevent brumating, if thats his issue, and it didnt change a thing. he stays in his hide. i give him soaks 2x a week, he'll bask for a bit then back into the hole to sleep or he'son the cool side sleeping. no black beard or anything. in summer his fecal showed coccidia so got rid of that and his blood work was A+. this is my first beardie so Im nervous!! good luck with yours 😊
had my beardie 12 years and she has never gone into brumation. i dont use thermostates. I decided to look it up as iv never witnessed her do it ever so it suprised me she hasnt. I just wanted more info on brumation as in the future im looking to get a tegu and its pretty common for them to do so anywhere upto 6 months
My first dragon I adopted from my daughter. This is my first winter with max and he's been sleeping a lot . He's only eating once a week apposed to him eating daily. It's been unseasonably cold here . I added an extra basking bulb to try and raise the temperature.
My beastie hasn’t moved or really opened his eyes in many weeks. He is 5 years old and has never done this. Every morning I check on him and think that he is dead. If I touch him he doesn’t move. Sometimes I see him breath so I know he’s alive. I don’t know what to do bc he isn’t eating or drinking water. Idk how to help him.
@@taylorowens13 Sorry to hear that. I check on mine everyday. Hes been sleeping in his cave for the past week. Hasn't moved. But he opens his eyes when I lift his cave. So at least he's alive. I'm new to bearded dragons and don't like this brumation thing.
Just wanted to share I have a 12 week old dragon the terrarium is on a automatic thermometer and she is in bermation, where I live in the usa we are at the end of September and the temperatures are dropping but not in her enclosure so not sure why she did but she did
Hello! I have my bearded dragon (for the first time ever) now for 8 months and he is around 10 months old. Now for about 2-3 weeks he hasn't been eating or showing any interest about his food and he has not been as active for about a month. Before this he liked to eat about 10-13 worms per meal every 2-3 days. Now when I try to feed him he just closes his eyes and doesn't respond. I was very worried and took him to the vet. The vet took his blood work and it is in all of the norms as it should be. The vet told me that one of the reasons for his behavior could be that he is changing from infant to a junior phase. The doctor prescribed a shot of the complex of vitamins A D E and told me to put him in a bath of the medicine Ringer and NaCl 0,9% to start his digestive system. We live in Latvia so the only way to get his feces analysis is to send it to Germany, but it costs more than 100 euros and the vet told that it is not necessary at this moment. The temperature in the cold part is about 27 -30 C at day, at night about 20 C, in the hot part right under the lamp is about 38-40 C .The lamp is on for 12 hours. After watching your video I start to think that maybe he is going into brumation - what do you think and what should I do? Thank you!
My beardie is the same age, approx 10 months & is losing interest in his food. Some days he will eat & others barely touch anything. I had a faecal sample done & he had a check up at the vets & was given a clean bill of healtg which is a huge relief. Maybe he is at the start of brumation
If you are very very scared you can put your bearded dragon on their back, if they are alive this is very uncomfortable for them and they will squirm, however, it is very normal for first time beardie owners to worry as they have not experienced brumation with a bearded dragon before, I know I’m late, I hope everything worked out!
My beardie never brumated because I was young and wasn’t aware of it so even if he gave me signs I didn’t know. It didn’t hurt him I don’t think but he might have cancer from it sadly. He’s 14 years old now (glad he got a full life almost). However when I got old enough I started his brumation cycles. He’s gone through maybe 3 now and is doing just fine. He naturally does it now. And no I don’t use a special thermostat just one I had for my room lying around I used every once in a while
Thanks for all the info! I'm a new beardie owner & my 8-9month old beardie seems to have gone into brumation. She was acting lethargic & not interested in eating, so I brought her to a vet. Her kidney levels were off, so we did fluid injections, blood & fecal tests at the time. Everything checked out. My question is- she seems to only be half asleep.. Not burrowed, but perched up on the cool side, out of the reach of the lights.. She opens her eyes, moves her head a bit, but otherwise motionless. Do I just leave her be? Do I still soak her? Is it bad to get her out or raise her temp by holding her at this time? Its cold here in New England & its about 70 degrees on the cool side of her tank. Thanks for all the info & any more advice you can offer!
My beardie is just short of a year old and is fed very well. He or she has gone into brumation and I keep my heating on a thermostat as I do with all my reptiles.
Our dragon is 7 years old, we live in Miami, Fl n its been cold here lately, what is the best bedding for him. Also we bileave he is in bremation, he stop eating and sleeps all day n night also. We are worry something is wrong. Again. What is the best bedding for him.
I been keeping bearded dragons for awhile and don't put them in brumation anymore yrs ago i used to, until one of my females were ovulating when she went into brumation and it was a mess it's a long story but anyway i don't use thermostats, keep them on 8 hour day cycle but i do change the heat bulbs 3 times a year.
My beardie didn't burmate last year, but he's been burmating this year now for like 3+ weeks, I use a battery operated humistat/thermometer in his tank.
My bearded dragon is active but doesn't eat he eats abit of kale but he won't touch anything else i feed his locust but he doesn't eat them anymore for 5 days straight so I got scared because I don't have money right now to go to vet so I force fed his some calcium dusted carrots and one locust as he really didn't like it this has been going on for over 5 days
Reptiles can go alot longer without food. Weigh him. Then weigh him again the same time everyday to see if he is losing weight. Check temps and humidity
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You just saved me a lot of time watching other videos on the same topic! Yours cover all my questions, thank you!
Hi oh man-- - this whole Brumation thing has me VERY stressed! I recently adopted a Beardie - maybe 4-5 months ago. The woman who was caring for him didn't know his exact age, so he's approx. 4-6 yrs. I have been caring for him as best as I possibly can, but no one knows much about the Brumation thing. I'm about to order a new enclosure for him- he came in a......75 gal??? Aquarium tank and I am not satisfied with my attempts at cleaning it ect-- I need a FRONT OPENING enclosure! Your video has encouraged me- THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!! LOVED YOUR ACCENT 💜
"What it is, how to do it"
Finally, a video that will teach me how to brumate along with my beardie.
My beardie is not on a thermostat and he went into brumation as SOON as temps went a little colder! He wasn't having it! lol My kind of pet! lol (I don't like winter either!)
I wanted to share just how thankful I am for you taking the time and care to make this video. I am admittedly under educated, however recently under less than ideal environmental conditions I took in this phenomenal bearded dragon, with not much other than my loving heart and innovative ability to make due with raw materials I made him a little enclosure, however he was sleeping with me and my apartment has no heat yet, I woke up this morning and he would not Wake up I literally thought he was dead, I'm freaking out, crying, doing cpr, what I understood was in the winter they hibernate, however I did not have a real reason to inquire more prior to this I was just trying to make sure he ate and I could keep him warm, fast forward a couple hours, your video saved me so much Googling and comparing and freaking myself out, words are just words until they mean something, and my heart ripped out of my chest 7 times this morning I don't have the energy to look all over I needed to find comfort In self education, I had a traumatic brain injury and cognitive issues, so it's really great to find someone who can simplify and summarize the key parts that are vital and use their words to highlight them In ways that my brain can remember or reference back to in the future. Better late than never to be informed however, I now can feel confident in my real life experience and will remain calm during his time asleep. I didn't know what to do and I felt horrible so thank you for kindly and very thoroughly communicating this for everyone it really makes a difference and leaves me with a peaceful sense of clarity and better equipped to continue my bearded dragon adventure without shaking him every 5 seconds or creepily staring at him to make sure he is breathing. I didn't feel or see a heartbeat so I was really upset, I didn't know that the heart rate and breathing slows down that slow and occurs so suddenly. Thank u
My beardie, Mando, has slowed down significantly but he still eats from time to time and his bowel movements are less frequent (duh). I’ve been really worried about him but now that I’ve watched this video, I feel more confident in leaving him alone. He’s also preparing to shed a good portion of his face so I think that could be preventing him from going into brumation... (aside from me harassing him with love and attention which I’ll stop now).
This is the first time in 6 years that my beardie has done it and I FREAKED out I am a lot more educated now thanks to you 👍
This video has been very helpful, thank you so much for sharing!
Thanks for these scoops!!!
My bearded dragon refuses to eat food but doesn’t retreat to darker colder areas instead he goes onto his basking rock and just sleeps. Is that normal?
THIS MAKES SO MUCH SENSE! Thank you for putting this out for us. ❤
so many great distinctions made, my beardie was brand new and i didnt realize how much the littlest things can throw them off so hard, I was running lighting manually, highly recommend a repti timer
MY tank has a touch screen timer/ thermo stat, so the tanks light turn on and of at certain times. Also that means the tank always stays at 40.4 degrees c :)
My beardie is on a thermo and she isnt brumating. She justs takes a bit more nap time but still explores and eats on her own. Thanks for all the helpful info btw!
Perfect timing for where I am. My beardie is just starting to slow down for winter
I've got loads of people asking about it latley. It's just that the of year now
Lol he said get a notepad and i have one full of notes for a bearded dragon
I was scared when mines was brumated, thanks for this video.
We live in the US, northern midwest. Our baby Jerry is around 7 years old (we rescued 2 years ago) and he has went into brumation every winter. He goes in around Oct-Nov and stays that way til March or so. We use a thermometer to regulate temps. He is a really social guy, and starts sleeping more and not asking to get out. In the spring he starts looking around from his hidey hole and then I offer some food. He gets up and usually starts his spring Jerry dancing aka mating behaviors😆. We drop some water on his nose time to time and like my infant children I feel the need to check if he's alive but he's always fine. Just looks out a slitted eye at me like "What the hell Mom I'm trying to rest?"
Mine too ! I hope he wakes up by Christmas though lol
If he does I’m gonna get him a lot of roaches -.-
This is really good to hear because my Frank is about a year, and he went into Brumation early like end of Sept as the temps began cooling and it was getting darker a little earlier. I keep seeing they shouldn't be in brumation over 4 months, and I have been so worried he will die if he stays in until the weather is warmer. We are looking at a good 6 months of him hiding out if he does indeed stay in his hide through winter. We see snow in March a lot too, so late April / May is when it actually warms up here in KS. UGH this is so stressful.
@@nicolep.3224 Is there an update on this?
Thank you again for all your tips , my girl just woke up. She's not interested in eating at all . Amy post brumation tips
Yes mine does and yes I have a thermostat, she has been in it since mid November 2019, she is totally asleep. I have 3 the other two are juveniles they are not even slowing down, I live in South Florida. Great video, I subscribed
I have 2 more, I hit the wrong number, I would like to add she ate like a piggy prepping for brumation, wow I did that with my uvb light just like you said, instinct kicked in
Thank you for taking your time to educate people on this, including myself 😩💚 so appreciated, very accurate information! 😊
First time seeing your stuff, good stuff, well done, apreacte you sharing your knowledge
Second brumation here. No thermostat but two thermometers. I use an extra for heat but he knows winters coming. Short days and all that. He knows.
Thank you so so much for this video. I was so confused & you put it in a way that was so easy to understand. THANK YOU for taking the time to put this out to help people 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thank you so much I’m getting a beardie soon and I’ve been doing lots of research and you’ve really helped
Thank you for making this! Great video
Glad you liked it. Any other questions you know where I am
Good info. I’ve found as he nears brumation. I start reducing the lights by an hour each week. So normally basking and uvb are from 7 am to 9pm. So after week one it is 7am to 8pm. I do this til I get to 5pm. Keep at 5pm lights on for another week. Then I turn off all lights and keep a blanket over cage for about two months. She remains in total dark during that period. Checking on her occasionally. Works great.
Great vid Thx. Helped me out. And understand this topic
Great video! Looks like your channel is really starting to pick up steam, congrats!!!
Thanks a million.. I can't wait for the day when I can do what you've recently done.
@@NORTHERNEXOTICS any tips on growing a channel? I don't have any other forms of social media to help get subscribers.
Thank w for creating this video. I have an 11 month old and I believe he’s trying to go into brumation . He currently weighs 623 grams and I have noticed he is not as active and doesn’t want his food much and I wanted to get more information on what to look for 😊
Best brumation video ever! Thank you!
That explains evvvvverything !! all 4 bromate
In the summer… which makes sense because my air conditioning is on and the house is 68-70 degrees and in the winter months our heat it on
Great Video
Wow that explains alot! I just moved my year old male into a bigger tank and moved him to my room which is colder a couple weeks ago. He's never done this before but he's been in his hide on the arid side for 3 days now
Thanks for the great video Richard!
My girl Nuri tends to brumate in the Fall. Her enclosure is well regulated and the day/night schedule does not change throughout the year, but I think she senses the change in temperature at night (I turn off all lights and heat at night). During the summer, the temps at night are 25-27C, while during the winter the night temps are around 20C.
Hi there! Thank you for this video! I’ve liked and subscribed! My 6+ yr old bearded dragon is in brumation now. I adopted him in March 2019, he’s my first beardie. I keep his tank next to a window for his viewing pleasure, so the temperature in his tank has changed since winter began. I’ve kept his basking and uvb lights on a timer and though I’ve added heating pads, the cooler temperature coming through the window combined with the shorter natural daylight hours has led him into brumation. He was nice and healthy before. It’s been 3 weeks of sleep now. Since this is my first experience idk wether I should just leave him alone or check on him. I know it’s natural for him to sleep. I don’t know anything about his past. The day he began brumation, he had a good poop then ate a little bit of greens and blueberries and burrowed down in his hide. So it’s just a small bit of food on his stomach. I’m not breeding and he is simply a pet. Should I let him be? Should I go ahead and wake him? (I do miss him) Should I move his tank and stabilize the temperature? I just want what’s best for my guy! Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Tbh I'd say just leave him. However if you are worried get him checked if he starts either ballooning up or dropping weight
Thank you! I was leaning towards leaving him be, my concern is that he really hid well and I can’t see him at all under his hide and I worry but my gut tells me he’s fine.
My bearded dragon is 7 years old and has been in brumation every year. He’s brumating right now and has been since November of 2019
My bearded dragon is going on 11 years strong as is in brumation too! Every week or so I just check in to see how he’s doing🙌🏼
Mine is still in brumation
All my beardies are on thermostats 2 have never gone into brumation (ages 4 and 3) and 3 have (ages 13, 9 and 5) reptiles are also very sensitive to atmospheric changes so when it rains and storms a lot they will know which can cause brumation (I also see a change in my female ball pythons around this time too they always become so picky 🙄😂). It’s also signalled by hormones too there are a couple of studies done that are online that show that beardies do go through a big hormonal change during brumation so even if your temps stay the same they may still go into brumation.
Beth 276 oh! Maybe that's why my beardie has been acting weird! It been cold and rainy out. But he is in a nice hot enclosure! I guess he can sense it.
I think my 9.5 year old bearded dragon has started brumating for the first time. Im not sure if I have to turn all her lights off or not
thanks for sharing. my little dude is 1 yr and he's in his hide sleeping all the time. some days i see he's awake, then back to sleep. his physical was A+
@@mutajen3695 that’s normal, they don’t enter a true sleep like hibernating animals do so they still wake up on warmer days to drink and sometimes poop :)
@@mutajen3695 mine about one as well and doing the same thing. Lights are on a timer but not a thermostat. Just got really cold here in NY.
i thought i looked into brumation in general terms as not that many good brumation video's/info on tegus. really finding this helpful :) and will be sharinf on the tegu page
Btw I had a beardie years ago, he always brumated around fall. He would hunker down in his hide and just sleeeeeeep. I think my new beardie who's about 5 or 6 months old, got so used to being outside in the real sun, he was outside daily!! When the weather started getting colder we couldnt put him outside anymore and thats when he started slowing down.. so a massive light/natural uv change is what happened. Even have a brand new MVB and he still doesnt want to come outta it. But hes so young. His sibling is now 2x his size because she isnt brumating and still plowing thru food!
My baby is doing the same thing
Absolutely love your videos. Learning alot. Thank you.
my bearded dragon is barley a couple months old and is sleeping, closing its eyes a lot an barley moves. is it possible for a small one to be brumating?
From what I have read, they don't brumate in their first year. I would get a parasite check if I where you.. first year is very important to their growth.
Also they will stay in the basking side like 90 percent of the day because they need lots of sunlight and uvb to digest their food an get warm enough to want to eat.
@@MsAdam09 where can I get this parasite test? Our little one looks quite lethargic and is currently hiding in a corner asleep, he’s eaten a hopper and a morio worm today
@@deer5927 I use parasitevet.co.uk as I'm in the the UK. You request a kit and they send you a container and a return envelope. Put poop in the container and send it back and they will email you the results. If you are not in the UK maybe try a vet or ask your local reptile pet shop what they use.
@@MsAdam09 great thank you 😊
My girl Stubby just woke up from brumation yesterday and is doing great. It lasted 2 weeks.
This video has been very helpful, thank you so much.
First time beardie owner, here. I'd read about brumation, my beardie is a couple years old and he startd acting oddly like you were describing- going to darker parts of his terrarium and his hide when he usually doesn't, sleeping a lot more and eating less. I figured he's starting to go into brumation and I'm really nervous abou it since it's his first time, so thank you for posting this video. We live up in northern america up near canada- I'm really anxious about it but this has been really helpful and i feel a little bit more prepared, thank you
Mine is on a thermostat and went into brumation last year for 3.5 months
Mine's been in brumation for 6 weeks now. Hoping to see him out and about before Christmas!
That'll be a nice Xmas gift lol
Still in brumation lol. Week 10 ...
Yea mine is brumating 😢
Thank you for everything!
Thanks for the video. I have a 7 year old male who's a bit odd. He eats, but only if I hand feed him. Live insects, he will eat on his own however he's seem very slow about it over the past year or so. I wasn't sure if he needed to go into brumation or not. He doesn't eat very much and poops 3 weeks to a month sometimes. He's has a good weight. I have a thermostatically controlled light and heat that go on together for 12 hours and let it drop a few degrees overnight. I'll lengthen that to 13 hrs during the summer and shorten it 11 or so in the winter. I guess he's just getting up in his years.
Oobi (my beardie) is almost 2 years old and he goes into brumation every winter season. From the end of November to about the end of January sometimes into February! First time scared me! I thought he was dying or something. I usually keep the temps the same, and he just goes away from the hot side to the cool side digs a huge hole and lays in it lol. He will wake up to eat every few days or so ( like once a week), but I always have to put him on the hammock under the basking light to make sure he'll digest. Otherwise he will just go back in the hole he dug. Since I know when he's about to brumate I always give meds before hand (reptaid=lifesaver lol) and wait for a big poo. After that I just check him to make sure he's still alive and leave him be. Periodically I will intervene to give him a bath since he's old enough to be on loose substrate (NO SAND!!!)....cocoa soil/peat moss mix seem to work for me with a LOT of large pond stones. I check his femorals and leave him to his laziness....Lazy beardies are the best ha ha
Mine on a thermostat and I’ve not changed it. He was tiny when brought and ate like a horse for 8 months. He’s now stopped eating. Not moving about and hiding behind his bed. All healthy so now presuming he’s going into brimstone so dropped my temp and reduced my uvb a few hours a day. Hoping I’m doing right
Sounds like you are.
@@NORTHERNEXOTICS think it was me disturbing him that stopped him. I’ve turned his uvb light down to 6 hours a day and covered the side he’s sleeping but not changed his temp. he’s not moved from behind his bed for three days now he looks fast asleep 😴
Great info thanks mine even though lights etc the same as always but like you pointed out outside it is now colder.She ran around like a mad for a couple of days seems she was just trying to find the best spot which she's now curled up and has been asleep all day for her first day. She had also gone off food too for the last week or so not taking live food just the occasional bit of veg.
I’m getting a baby this morning, I’m so excited! The only thing I haven’t covered throughly is brumation. Thanks 4 the video!
Hows he or she doing?
Ayee how is your not so Baby dragon doing!!
Hi another great video my Beaded Dragon he Is on the thermostat so it’s Viv pretty much is always the same temperature but he goes into Brumation Regular as clockwork end September and will be for 6 to 8 weeks I turn his lights down like you said keep the heat on i don’t feed him
This is my first winter with my bearded dragon and he has been hiding under a washcloth for a very long time, I usually get him out and put him under his heat, he will eat his bugs when I feed him, but he wants to sleep so I think I will let him stay under their, he hasn’t pooped in a while so I don’t know what to do about getting a fecal exam
My little guy has been in brumation for about 6 weeks (his first time)
I know it's a natural thing to happen but it still made me nervous, seeing him not eat etc l.
Your video put my mind at ease. Thank you! I'm feeling a lot better about it 😊
Thank you sir. This video has put my mind at ease, as my beardie has been very lethargic over the past week or so, and seemed half asleep most days. He hasn't eaten during this time, and now he's gone into hiding in the cool part of his viv. So now I think I'll follow your advice and turn off his uvb light for an extra two hours a day 🙂
So happy this has helped
@@NORTHERNEXOTICS He's spending time basking nearly every day at the moment, and still spending time in hiding too, but still not eating. Should I be worried?
@@100Soulpower Was he ok?
@barrycooper8640 Yes, he was fine thank you. Still going strong now lol 😃
is there a way to completely stop brumation or prevent it?
I have the same question lol
Same here
Why stop it? It's in their genes. They do it for the best of themselves.
My beardie is around a year old he's not been interested in food for 2 months now. Pretty sure he's brumating as he's weighed 500g going in and has lost 5g over 2 months so now 495. I just thought it was weird that he is brumating in the summer but like you say in the southern hemisphere winter is summer.. Brilliant videos keep it up
Did your birdie come through that period?? Ours has started losing her appetite
@@r1017397 yes hes alive and well i believe it was some sort of brumation
I have a thermostat. Monitor my temps and humidity everything is perfect my girl is i think currently in brumation
l think they notice the barometric pressure change if nothing else and sense this way better then we do. My snakes certainly react to this and of course darn breeding season which for some coincides with cooler weather too. l am thinking beardies would be similar noticing this.
That's a very good point
It makes me so happy to see my savannah walking around his enclosure
Great information that is my dream lizard one day
There amazing
Thank you so much I am ALOT more educated now ☺️👍
My bearded dragon is 13 years old and has never gone into brumation but he slows down in the winter and eats less unfortunately he is now battling RI and is on Baytril
I think my 4 year old is going to Brumation. not too sure were going to the vet this weekend just to be safe
Thank you! This really helped!
Larry my lizard is about a year an a half now he’s never gone into his rock/caves ever since he was born even if food went in there he would wait... this morning he’s curled up In the rock this is his first time and his first winter being older then 10months he has always been on a thermostat ever since he was born
I’ve had my Beardie for 6 years, and he has never went into brumation. I would be so scared if he went to sleep for months!
My bearded dragon is almost 4 now, but each year since we got her she hasn’t eaten anything for 5-7 months each time. Last one lasted just over 6 months.
That's a long brumation. Thanks for the insite
I have a Rankins that just went into brumation about 3 weeks ago no thermostat but none of my other 4 dragons ever have temp normally stays within 5°f all year
My bearded dragon is nearly 10 years old and I think she has decided to start brumating but she has never done it before. For the past 3 days she has been lying under her fake log looking half asleep. At first I moved her under her basking light but 5 mins later she was back under the log. Im not sure if I need to leave her lights on now or just switch them off.
I'm so scared I'm a bad bearded dragon owner.... My beardie is over a year old and he is not as chunky as most beardies (he is also still kinda small), I'm scared something might happen during the winter...
I have had my bearded dragon for about 3 years and I dont have a thermostat and hes in a 40gal and he has never brumated. Thats why im watching this video because I was worried about it.
Mine is a year old, he slowed down his eating.. he became lethargic .. he pooped before he went to sleep, though he was still the same weight.. he was constantly laying in the same spot in a hide for a week or two.. he is my fourth dragon but it’s the first time I’ve had a dragon that brumates.. he’s perfectly healthy and fine though.
Just goes to show just how diffrent all dragons are
Hi! My bearded dragon is on a thermostat and is always on the hot side. He has really slowed down eating, so I took him to the vet and they did a blood draw and fecal test plus a physical and said everything was fine.
I’m not sure why he’s not eating, do you have any suggestions? He is 2 years old.
mine has done same. i tried increasing temp to prevent brumating, if thats his issue, and it didnt change a thing. he stays in his hide. i give him soaks 2x a week, he'll bask for a bit then back into the hole to sleep or he'son the cool side sleeping. no black beard or anything. in summer his fecal showed coccidia so got rid of that and his blood work was A+. this is my first beardie so Im nervous!! good luck with yours 😊
Is there anything to worry bout
Dont want lose my breaed dragon hes wake open his eyes
had my beardie 12 years and she has never gone into brumation. i dont use thermostates. I decided to look it up as iv never witnessed her do it ever so it suprised me she hasnt. I just wanted more info on brumation as in the future im looking to get a tegu and its pretty common for them to do so anywhere upto 6 months
My first dragon I adopted from my daughter. This is my first winter with max and he's been sleeping a lot . He's only eating once a week apposed to him eating daily. It's been unseasonably cold here . I added an extra basking bulb to try and raise the temperature.
My beastie hasn’t moved or really opened his eyes in many weeks. He is 5 years old and has never done this. Every morning I check on him and think that he is dead. If I touch him he doesn’t move. Sometimes I see him breath so I know he’s alive. I don’t know what to do bc he isn’t eating or drinking water. Idk how to help him.
Update: My baby died this morning. I wish there was something I could’ve done for him. I loved him so much.
@@taylorowens13 Sorry to hear that. I check on mine everyday. Hes been sleeping in his cave for the past week. Hasn't moved. But he opens his eyes when I lift his cave. So at least he's alive. I'm new to bearded dragons and don't like this brumation thing.
@Tigertaylor23 My condolences 🙏🏽💐🥺😔
Just wanted to share I have a 12 week old dragon the terrarium is on a automatic thermometer and she is in bermation, where I live in the usa we are at the end of September and the temperatures are dropping but not in her enclosure so not sure why she did but she did
I was wrong my dragon died today she wasn't in brumation... I wish I knew what went wrong with her 😥
I don't have a thermostat but my dragon has never gone into brumation
Hello!
I have my bearded dragon (for the first time ever) now for 8 months and he is around 10 months old. Now for about 2-3 weeks he hasn't been eating or showing any interest about his food and he has not been as active for about a month. Before this he liked to eat about 10-13 worms per meal every 2-3 days. Now when I try to feed him he just closes his eyes and doesn't respond.
I was very worried and took him to the vet. The vet took his blood work and it is in all of the norms as it should be. The vet told me that one of the reasons for his behavior could be that he is changing from infant to a junior phase. The doctor prescribed a shot of the complex of vitamins A D E and told me to put him in a bath of the medicine Ringer and NaCl 0,9% to start his digestive system.
We live in Latvia so the only way to get his feces analysis is to send it to Germany, but it costs more than 100 euros and the vet told that it is not necessary at this moment.
The temperature in the cold part is about 27 -30 C at day, at night about 20 C, in the hot part right under the lamp is about 38-40 C .The lamp is on for 12 hours.
After watching your video I start to think that maybe he is going into brumation - what do you think and what should I do?
Thank you!
My beardie is the same age, approx 10 months & is losing interest in his food. Some days he will eat & others barely touch anything. I had a faecal sample done & he had a check up at the vets & was given a clean bill of healtg which is a huge relief. Maybe he is at the start of brumation
Pls help me my bearded dragon is sleeping and he looks dead but idk if he’s in brumation pls help me bc I don’t know
If your concerned go to the vets
Is it ok? What happened?!
same!! it’s freaking me out
We are trying to help!
If you are very very scared you can put your bearded dragon on their back, if they are alive this is very uncomfortable for them and they will squirm, however, it is very normal for first time beardie owners to worry as they have not experienced brumation with a bearded dragon before, I know I’m late, I hope everything worked out!
My female Beardie has been in brumation for 2 months now. This is the first time since I have had her. So, it’s all new to me.
Mine has also been in brumation for 2 months.. when did yours come out of it ?
My beardie never brumated because I was young and wasn’t aware of it so even if he gave me signs I didn’t know. It didn’t hurt him I don’t think but he might have cancer from it sadly. He’s 14 years old now (glad he got a full life almost). However when I got old enough I started his brumation cycles. He’s gone through maybe 3 now and is doing just fine. He naturally does it now. And no I don’t use a special thermostat just one I had for my room lying around I used every once in a while
Thanks for all the info! I'm a new beardie owner & my 8-9month old beardie seems to have gone into brumation. She was acting lethargic & not interested in eating, so I brought her to a vet. Her kidney levels were off, so we did fluid injections, blood & fecal tests at the time. Everything checked out. My question is- she seems to only be half asleep.. Not burrowed, but perched up on the cool side, out of the reach of the lights.. She opens her eyes, moves her head a bit, but otherwise motionless. Do I just leave her be? Do I still soak her? Is it bad to get her out or raise her temp by holding her at this time? Its cold here in New England & its about 70 degrees on the cool side of her tank. Thanks for all the info & any more advice you can offer!
I really would have wanted a reply to this question because it's the exact same symptoms mine is having.
@@matthewscott4403 same here!!!!
WHERE ARE YOU? WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? I MISS YOUR VIDEOS!!!!
G’day mate just got a baby central bearded dragon its yellow with orange stripes down it’s side looks amazing won’t eat yet though -.- top vid mate 🇦🇺
My beardie is just short of a year old and is fed very well. He or she has gone into brumation and I keep my heating on a thermostat as I do with all my reptiles.
Do some people not keep thermostats in their enclosures??? 😳😳
Cremation occurs with temperature change you control the temperatures.
Our dragon is 7 years old, we live in Miami, Fl n its been cold here lately, what is the best bedding for him. Also we bileave he is in bremation, he stop eating and sleeps all day n night also. We are worry something is wrong. Again. What is the best bedding for him.
I been keeping bearded dragons for awhile and don't put them in brumation anymore yrs ago i used to, until one of my females were ovulating when she went into brumation and it was a mess it's a long story but anyway i don't use thermostats, keep them on 8 hour day cycle but i do change the heat bulbs 3 times a year.
My beardie didn't burmate last year, but he's been burmating this year now for like 3+ weeks, I use a battery operated humistat/thermometer in his tank.
My bearded dragon is active but doesn't eat he eats abit of kale but he won't touch anything else i feed his locust but he doesn't eat them anymore for 5 days straight so I got scared because I don't have money right now to go to vet so I force fed his some calcium dusted carrots and one locust as he really didn't like it this has been going on for over 5 days
Reptiles can go alot longer without food. Weigh him. Then weigh him again the same time everyday to see if he is losing weight. Check temps and humidity
@@NORTHERNEXOTICS thanks allot mate
Think my dragon is in brumation not eating bugs or eating his vegs, spends alot of time at cool end, and is not active
Same thing as mine. She just keeps going onto the cool end in her hut
@@maddyhoverter mine also does this
My little guy is currently brumating and I turn everything off while he sleeps and back on when he wakes up
Great advice
I have my Priscilla on a thermostat, a dimming one aswell. And she still went intk brumation mate. She is sleeping as we speak
new beardie owner here... for the fecal test, do you pick up a kit and do it yourself or do you take him somewhere?
i’ve had my beardie for 5 years and he’s never been in brumation... but i think this winter he is. idk he’s still sleepy when i pick him up.