Hello everyone!
I am very new to keeping bearded dragons. Although I never thought I'd have one, a friend of mine is no longer able to care for him, so I have adopted him. He is approx. 4 year old male.
I live in Europe, and temperatures started dropping, and I assume my beardie is going into brumation.
So essentially, he ate a few weeks ago, and a few days ago (Since I noticed him being active I thought he would be out of brumation for a bit and offered some mealworms with vitamin and Ca powder, but the next day he was back to snoozing in his cave). I am concerned about that food becoming rotten and hurting my dragon. He is currently kept on coco fiber soil (I am planning to switch it to topsoil/sand soon). Since I am an active student I am not home pretty much all day, and I failed to find any traces of poop anywhere for weeks now.
I am looking for advice on what to do? He seems to be into brumation already, so how do I get him to pass the food?
Last time I checked his weight, it was 378. I've yet to catch him to weigh him again though. He does tend to come out a little bit during the day, just slightly to soak up some heat since there is a ceramic heat emitter right above his cave (the basking spot).
I am very new to keeping bearded dragons. Although I never thought I'd have one, a friend of mine is no longer able to care for him, so I have adopted him. He is approx. 4 year old male.
I live in Europe, and temperatures started dropping, and I assume my beardie is going into brumation.
So essentially, he ate a few weeks ago, and a few days ago (Since I noticed him being active I thought he would be out of brumation for a bit and offered some mealworms with vitamin and Ca powder, but the next day he was back to snoozing in his cave). I am concerned about that food becoming rotten and hurting my dragon. He is currently kept on coco fiber soil (I am planning to switch it to topsoil/sand soon). Since I am an active student I am not home pretty much all day, and I failed to find any traces of poop anywhere for weeks now.
I am looking for advice on what to do? He seems to be into brumation already, so how do I get him to pass the food?
Last time I checked his weight, it was 378. I've yet to catch him to weigh him again though. He does tend to come out a little bit during the day, just slightly to soak up some heat since there is a ceramic heat emitter right above his cave (the basking spot).