https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/clinical-discussions/10661/bearded-dragon-behaviour-advice Hi Everyone My little Drago is being very quiet lately.. He sleeps in hias hide all day (past few days).. he will pop his head out and then I will offer him food - which he will only eat like 2/3 crickets, when normally he&#39;s have the whole tub.. heen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/99002?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:41:53 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:2fdf6c51-ae64-4378-aac4-309110c4dddfxhappysvn21x<p>i heard from a exotic specialised that alot of UV lights are not built in to vivs correctly. ( depending on the light and bulb/strip)- worth checking. they need to be 30cm from the ground for uv to have full/any affect. </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/97804?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:14:36 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:143daafb-499c-4006-8d19-444f1d43b923Selena Carnell<p>Check the temp of the vivarium is optimum, spray daily to keep humidity.</p> <p>Do you dust the crickets with a calcium supplement? we used to use repto boost.</p> <p>Ideally if he remains quiet i would check bloods and parasites.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/97783?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:24:08 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:39407780-04fc-4df7-82f2-31db0ca1311cnets<p>have you moved the viv? if your worried about dehydration before you force it down him use a humidity tank to provide water instead as this is less stressful , while i dont encourage it to often as they can become addicted to them but wax worms are a fav of beardies i see them like burgers also have you tried covering the glas so it cant see out of the viv.&nbsp; </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/97779?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 27 Sep 2010 22:48:44 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:25fdbd3a-5616-4b12-9a67-6ea91b948064thebeestingbutterfly<p>have you had any temperature fluctuations? as this could provoke brumation behaviour?</p> <p>what about your UV light? is it due to be replaced?</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>hope he&#39;s ok :)</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/97708?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:30:12 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:a8fe4161-5a6e-4703-b6bb-6aab255ed215Carli Dodd<p>He may well be starting on a period of brumation, if he is &#39;normal&#39; otherwise (it can be a good idea to run a faecal parasitology just to check) and not showing any signs of weight loss etc then it could be part of his cycle. There are no hard a fast rules with brumation, it is most common when beardies are over the age of 1y, and can last for a week or several months, some will go very sleepy and others just slow down a bit..... usually they are reluctant to participate when they are disturbed but they will sometimes take fluids on. Some owners will go as far as syringing water by mouth once a week during shut-down.&nbsp; The cycle is controlled by UV exposure (ie a decrease in daylight length) and a concurrent drop in temperature. Bathing is definitely a good thing and can be done daily to encourage fluid uptake and &nbsp;voiding of gut contents. Many people will stop feeding then gradually reduce the daylight length to 8-9hours for the period of brumation and drop the temperature too by eliminating the &#39;hot-spot&#39;, but everyone&nbsp;has a different method. It&#39;s a good idea to chat to other herpetologists to find out what works for them.&nbsp;</p> <p>Hopefully that&#39;s what is going on here, but it would def be worth running a faecal and checking his weight etc. just to be sure.</p> <p>Hope he does okay</p> <p>Cx</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>