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 No one answered my last post.

If my beardie is brumating (spelling?) how often should I feed him?



11/04/09  06:11pm

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  Message To: Ashley_bruce13   In reference to Message Id: 2092032


 No one answered my last post.

Hey,

Don’t feed him at all. Let him sleep. Turn the heat lamp off / as long as it doesn’t get below 60 degrees in his tank he will be fine. He will wake up when he’s ready.

If he gets up durig the brumation, you can offer some to eat. He will know to bask/poop before he goes back to sleep if he needs to do so.

Edel



11/04/09  06:34pm

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  Message To: Dragon Lover   In reference to Message Id: 2092041


 No one answered my last post.

okay, thank you!
So even if it is several weeks, I should just leave him alone?
Im just worried because he has never done this before and he has MBD so I don’t want his bones to get any weaker than they already are.



11/04/09  09:14pm

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  Message To: Ashley_bruce13   In reference to Message Id: 2092096


 No one answered my last post.

He should be fine. You can check on him every once in a while if you want to. I have a couple of my guys who sleep for a few months. I also have a girl with MBD and she will sleep three months in a row.

Brumation is a scary thing for us parents when it’s the first time around. I remember when I first went through it, I would leave a bowl of salad in the tank just in case he woke up and was hungry. I wasted a lot of good salad, that’s for sure. lol

Edel



11/04/09  10:41pm

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  Message To: Dragon Lover   In reference to Message Id: 2092133


 No one answered my last post.

Haha yeah...I was freaking out thinking he was depressed or sick or something.
You just made my life a lot less stressful! Thank you so much!



11/05/09  02:33am


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