Our bearded dragon is 14 months old. He has always been a picky eater but he would always eat something of what was offered. He is always offered greens which he doesn’t always eat but on his good days he ate them most of the time. He likes blueberries. He also eats discoid roaches, mealworms, soldier fly larvae, super worms and he’s had hornworms a few times. He used to love discoid roaches but now prefers worms although we keep it balanced and change it up all the time.
For a few months now we noticed he was not eating as much as he used to but we thought that it might be that he was getting older.
But for about two weeks now, he has eaten very little. Seven days ago he had two small discoids and a tiny piece of mustard greens. He had a poop about two days later when I put him in a bath. Yesterday he ate 3 mealworms and today we offered greens and blueberries and he didn’t eat either.
He is in 50 gal tank. His basking area is at 105 degrees but the top of the rock in the basking area is at 132 degrees (temp taken with probe gun). The warm side of the tank is at 91 degrees and the cool side is at 80 degrees. His UVB light is on for 12 hours a day every day and heat for the same amount of time. At night with everything off, the temp gets down to 73 degrees.
He has never been a super hyper dragon but he moved all around his tank all the time and loved to sit and watch us when we were around. He is in my son’s bedroom. Now he is either inside his cave or he will lay inside a log on the cool side of the tank and not move much at all. It seems he spends more time with his eyes open so he isn’t really sleeping all the time. He will at times lift his head and just look in our direction. If the lights are on in the tank, most of the time his eyes are open.
His weight is good, he has not lost any weight.
So here are our main concerns:
Is Exo brumating?
Could Exo be sick?
Do we reduce the amount of time the lights are on and remove heat?
Should we leave his lights off and leave or remove heat?
He is in a kid’s bedroom, should we cover his tank when the lights of the room are on?
I have attached a photo of our setup and you can see Exo peeking out of his cave.
For a few months now we noticed he was not eating as much as he used to but we thought that it might be that he was getting older.
But for about two weeks now, he has eaten very little. Seven days ago he had two small discoids and a tiny piece of mustard greens. He had a poop about two days later when I put him in a bath. Yesterday he ate 3 mealworms and today we offered greens and blueberries and he didn’t eat either.
He is in 50 gal tank. His basking area is at 105 degrees but the top of the rock in the basking area is at 132 degrees (temp taken with probe gun). The warm side of the tank is at 91 degrees and the cool side is at 80 degrees. His UVB light is on for 12 hours a day every day and heat for the same amount of time. At night with everything off, the temp gets down to 73 degrees.
He has never been a super hyper dragon but he moved all around his tank all the time and loved to sit and watch us when we were around. He is in my son’s bedroom. Now he is either inside his cave or he will lay inside a log on the cool side of the tank and not move much at all. It seems he spends more time with his eyes open so he isn’t really sleeping all the time. He will at times lift his head and just look in our direction. If the lights are on in the tank, most of the time his eyes are open.
His weight is good, he has not lost any weight.
So here are our main concerns:
Is Exo brumating?
Could Exo be sick?
Do we reduce the amount of time the lights are on and remove heat?
Should we leave his lights off and leave or remove heat?
He is in a kid’s bedroom, should we cover his tank when the lights of the room are on?
I have attached a photo of our setup and you can see Exo peeking out of his cave.