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my lilly boy is not eating gotton dark pissy and hid in his cave and sleeps 90% of the time....so im guessing its that time this is my first brumation experiance so i was just makeing sure thats what was going on. anything you all can tell me to get me prepared or that i should know?
thanks, yeller

I think mine is heading into it as well. He refuses crickets (of course after I just bought a new batch) and greens the last two days and is acting like a big jerk. Not sleeping yet but he's tending to hang on the cooler side of his house just kind of glaring about. We're supposed to get a big cold snap (well for Florida) on Monday so it will be interesting to see what these lower temps do for him.

QB

i am going thru my first experiences with brumation as well. i have a female dragon, she is about a year old. we have been dealing with brumation for 2-3 weeks now. she seems to be trying to pull out of it. she seems to be almost her normal self one day. she will eat a little. i can usually spark her appetite with a couple of mealies. then she might take 4-6 crickets, but only if i take their legs off. then the very next day, she might sleep the entire day. today, she was very active and fiesty, but she still wouldn't eat. she bedded down around 2:00 pm. i am trying to just "go with the flow" so to speak. altho it is driving me crazy. i am so worried about her. i can tell she has lost weight.
i put an under tank heater for her. i also have her lamp on during the day. i mist her daily, altho she never has liked misting at all. i guess what concerns me the most is that it isn't even winter yet and we are already dealing with this!

how long can this go on???