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hello all, i've got a beardie for about a year now but recently i am a little bit worried. is it normal for beardies about a year old to get lazy and to hide in her cave all the time? she eats normal and everything and if i take her out of her cage she is active and curious. is this no big deal or should i worrie?

At that age so many factors can come in to play. Over all has any thing changed, New animals, activation of the A/c, tank changes, diet, soft stools? Has anything even the smallest detail in the dragons habitat changed? A lot of the time with the heat in the summer our air conditions through of the temps in the cage. Too hot of a temp will cause them to hide. Are you formilair with the term brumate? Double check temps. Around a 105 basking spot and a around a 75 cool spot. Some dragons do brumanate in the summer, not usaully but it can happen with a colder temp change. I might add that mine around that age did go through a weird state were she did not act herself. I did go ahead and taken her to a vet. Nothing was diagnoised, no parasites, or no noticable change in habitat. Summed it up to be hormonal, or just mood change. She did snap out of it, not sure if it was a slight brumation period or what. Let us know if anything has changed.
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no, i don't know very much about brumating. do you know were i can get some more info about that? about the changes, i've moved a half year ago but she handled here very well i think. it's also hot in house but i turned off a basking light and now it's around 30-35° inside the cage. thank you for your reply though.

http://biology.lsa.umich.edu/research/labs/ktosney/file/BDcare.html
Copy and paste this. Great info on this page also has a good section on brumation. Not to sure on the conversion of temperature but it should have a basking spot of 105 and a cooler side around 75-80.
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35C is about 95 F so your temps are a bit low. Probably should bring it up to about 40C for a good basking temperature.