Everyone said my dragon was too young to brumate last year, too, but
he sure as heck tried to prove them wrong! (He never went down for
weeks, but rather took a LOT of naps and got really lazy and hid as
much as he could. And I know he wasn't sick. Sometimes no matter
what you do, there's no stopping them. It's just an internal clock
type thing.

Having said that, I agree with teh others. Make sure he finishes the
antibiotics and do the follow up with the vet. If your weather is
still cold and he wants to sleep after that, I see no problem in
letting him. The dragons don't listen to age requirements most of
the time. LOL!

--- In pogona@yahoogroups.com, Eliyahna <eliyahna@...> wrote:
>
> Took Shemmy to the vet yesterday. He is not wanting to eat or poo,
> having funny coloring, and not so lively. I stroked his belly in a warm
> bath for 20 min. still no poo. Doc says no eat, no poo and that he
> couldn't feel much in there anyhow. Funny, he was really lively at the
> vet. Doc says maybe he got a cold and that his left lung sounds a
little
> funny so we are giving him antibiotics every other day. He's too young
> according to everyone (10 months or so) to brumate but I think he
really
> wants to. He can see out the window. I sent for the ceramic type heat
> bulb to replace the regular one and we're going to get another heating
> pad for herps to stick under the tank. There's already one on the side
> of it.
>
> If he wants to just sleep and stay under cover should I let him?
>
> Thanks
> Eli & Shem
>
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