Do bearded dragons hibernate?

Question

last year around october through december i noticed he did not eat or ate very little food, about once or twice a week. He started doing the same thing last month, i also noticed he finds the coldest spot in his terrarium and stays there for days at the time, is this normal or are these sign he might be getting sick?

Answer 1

Thats perfectly normal they do hibernate.

Answer 2

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Do bearded dragons hibernate?
last year around october through december i noticed he did not eat or ate very little food, about once or twice a week. He started doing the same thing last month, i also noticed he finds the coldest spot in his terrarium and stays there for days at the time, is this normal or are these sign he...

Answer 3

No, dragons do not hibernate. They brumate. It's different because they do not simply bury themselves like tegus or some snakes. They still need a photoperiod [although no UVB] and access to water and greens, but no bugs, once in a while. And you do not know for sure whether he is naturally brumating or parasites are slowing him down. I always get a fecal down when i think mine are going down for the winter, when they wake up, before i breed and whenever i notice anything wrong.
Some beardies brumate every year, some never do. Some for weeks, some for months. Just depends and there is nothing you can really do to encourage them or stop them from doing it.

Answer 4

that's normal. If you don't want him to hibernate, add a heat pad and heat lamp as well as keep his UVB/UVA light on longer (that is a natural sunlight flouresent light they need for proper calcium absorption, I am hoping you are using it).
Lack of daylight and colder days bring it on, but heat can stop it. If you gradually add heat and light, he will slowly become more active. Do not just throw a bunch of heat on at once though. Also, if you do this year round, he won't even try to hibernate next year.

Answer 5

Perfectly normal. It is not exactly hibernation but they slow down their metabolism...it is something like brumination if I remember correctly.

Answer 6

I have had mine for 4 years and this is the time of the years she slows down or "brumates". I put a small cloth in her tank for her to sleep on and only light half of her tank. She usually drags her cloth into her hiding box.

Answer 7

i too see it but they don't