Hello,
Well, the search engine on the forums is never a big help, and I cant find any recent posts on this, so here goes. Could I wake my beardie up from brumation myself? He's been down since august and his lights have all been out. It seems like its about darn time he woke up, would it possibly wake him up if i slowly warmed him and turned the lights all back on? or is it basically, when they wanna wake up they will wake up? Last year I basicaly just kept everything off and one day he popped out, was wide awake and running around looking for crickets, so i just turned all the lights and heat back on. But last year he only slept for about 3 months, a lot less than this year. So what do you guys think? should i try to wake him myself or just let him wake when he's good and ready? Thanks for any replies. 
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Waking him up myself?
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From what I have read and from other people, it is better to gradually lower the day cycle, similar to what occurs in real life. The day gradually lessens per day. Similarly, during the winter months, I lessen the time by 30 minutes a week for 12 weeks. Therefore I go from a 14 hour day to an 8 hour day. Even while he is in his brumation, I still leave the lights on, so it still seems to him that there is a sun. Once in a while he will come out to say whats up and then go back to sleep. Around the beginning of Feb, I do the reverse process to slowly bring him out of brumation.
I actually forgot this year, but as soon as I increased the time an hour, he woke up and is out and about now. I would recommend to go ahead and turn on the lights, but gradually increase the time so that he/she does not get shocked by the appearance of the sun.
Hope this helps.
I agree, if you're going to bring him out start by turning on the lights for a few hours a day and increase it over the next week until he's up to his usual cycle. Are you seeing any signs for concern like shrunken fat pads on his head and tail? When he comes out, give him a couple of good lukewarm soaks to clean out his system.
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