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Genghis is my first bearded dragon and I've had him for about 5 months. He is about 9 months old now and while I've read that most dragons don't brumate their first year, he is showing signs of it. So I'm wondering, is it possible for him to brumate so young?

Lately, it has been fairly cold in our house at night (dips to 60 degrees). Otherwise, he has good temps during the day (110 basking/75 cooler end). But the past few days, he is staying under his hide about half the day and eating a lot less. When he takes a bath, he mostly just sits there (usually, he tries to swim or jump out. lol). Despite his change of habit, his weight is good, actually going up very slightly. And he is still growing (almost 18 inches now!).

So I'm hoping that his change in activity is just a normal thing, and not something I have to worry about!

Mine just slowed down at that age, he didn't burmate. he did burmate this year (scared me). He was out for 3 months. I was terrified. I tried giving him a bath, offering live food (I usually feed canned) nothing worked. I just decided to let him do his thing. When he did wake up, he ate and he is fine now. Although he still doesn't act like he did when he was a baby. He is just a grown up now and doesn't run around acting crazy anymore.

This is him last year during his bath. (I used to put a turkey pan filled with water in his cage with him.) He swam around like a madman, this year, he gets the job done. He flicks his head and neck with his feet and flicks his back, then just sits there until he is ready to get out (he can jump out of the sink and onto my towel...I don't leave him alone.)