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A little information about his tank to save time: I have a now three year old beardie who lives in a 40 gallon tank with an Arcadia T5 UVB with a reflective hood (that I change every year and it has been changed recently). He lives on tile, and for food he eats mealworms and locusts, along with salad that I've actually struggled getting him to eat and so I gutload the insects with it so at least he's getting something. his tank temperature is roughly 30 degrees Celsius. He has been gradually getting more and more lethargic, not eating and no bowel movements. Now he sleeps all the time. I let him indulge in this for the past couple of days because I've noticed that I posted a similar thread of him being sleepy around this exact time last year, and am curious whether this is a normal thing because I was worried last year he was sick, and was worried this year until I noticed the pattern. Is this at all possible? I am in the northern hemisphere and obviously he's meant to be brumating in the winter, but he's always had a very strong instinct to brumate early, and even tried doing so when he was no more than a hatchling. I feel like I have done a little too much interference over the years trying to make him act like a 'normal' bearded dragon, meaning I've tried to get him to stay awake until September/October when it's colder and he's meant to sleep, and what I'm wondering now is should I try just letting him have control over his brumation? I'm curious because the fact this happened the same time last year suggests it may be instinctual, but I obviously don't want to harm him. Well done if you read all that, and any advice would be greatly appreciated. Uploaded a picture for fun, not really related he's just very pretty.
