SPIKE BRUMATING?? (ITHINKS)

HIIII WOW FIRST BLOG!! IM JUST GONNA RAMBLE SO THIS MIGHT BE SPACED WEIRD AND GO INTO WEIRD TANGENTS OOPS.

OKOK SO SPIKE IS MY BEARDED DRAGON. ILL TALK MORE ABT HIM IN OTHER BLOGS PROBABLY CUZ I HAVE A LOT TO SAY (I LOVE HIM SO MUCH) BUT THIS MORNING I FOUND HIM UNDER HIS LOG WHICH IS WEIRD CUZ HES NEVER UNDER HIS LOG! AND HE WAS ASLEEP TOO. KEEP IN MIND MY DAD TURNS HIS LIGHTS ON (MY DAD WAKES UP BEFORE ME SO HE TURNS SPIKES LIGHTS ON FOR ME) AROUND 7 AM AND SPIKES USUALLY WIDE AWAKE AROUND MAXIMUM 7:30 ID GUESS (WIDE AWAKE AS IN STANDING UPWARDS AND WALKING AROUND LOOKING FOR FOOD). AND BY THE TIME I WALKED OUT IT WAS AROUND 9 AM SO IT WAS WEIRD FOR HIM TO BE SUPER ASLEEP. WHENEVER I LIFTED IT AND TRIED TO WAKE HIM UP HE RESPONDED BUT QUICKLY FELL BACK ASLEEP SO I ASSUMED HE WAS GETTING READY TO FALL INTO A DEEPER SLEEP. JUST TO BE SUPER SAFE I JOSTLED HIM MORE TO COMPLETELY WAKE HIM UP (IM PARANOID CUZ I HAD ANOTHER BEARDIE PASS IN SEPTEMBER :'( THATS FOR ANOTHER DAY) AND AFTER A BIT MORE PRODDING THAN USUAL HE WAS UP LIKE NORMAL, SO THAT JUST KINDA CONFIRMED THE "COMPLETELY HEALTHY JUST SUPER DEEP SLEEP" THING.

LAST YEAR I DID RESEARCH ON BRUMATION CUZ I JUST LOOK UP STUFF ABOUT BEARDED DRAGONS A LOT (USEFUL TO KNOW AND INTERESTING!!), AND IM PROBABLY GONNA CONTINUE DOING THAT AS A REFRESHER CUZ THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IVE EVER ACTUALLY HAD ANY PET DO THIS. IVE ONLY HAD A FEW REPTILES BEFORE, SO IM A TOTAL BEGINNER DESPITE ALL MY INTENSIVE BEARDIE RESEARCH. UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE I WOKE HIM UP, HES WIDE AWAKE RIGHT NOW. HES STILL UNDER THE LOG AND IS NO DOUBT STILL GONNA BRUMATE BUT I PROBABLY JUST SLIGHTLY DELAYED THE PROCESS. BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY THO, SO WHATEV.

I REFILLED HIS WATER SO HE HAS IT IN CASE HE WAKES UP TO TAKE OCCASIONAL DRINKS, AND WHEN HE DOES FALL BACK ASLEEP IM GONNA TURN HIS LIGHTS OFF. HES NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE AND HE DIDNT REALLY SHOW ANY NOTABLE SIGNS LIKE LOSS OF APPETITE OR BASKING LESS, SO ITS ODD. ONLY THINGS THAT LINE UP ARE LESS BOWEL MOVEMENTS AND LETHARGY, BUT THE SECOND ONE CAN JUST BE BECAUSE HES KINDA LAZY AND SPOILED (I REALLY WANNA TAKE HIM OUT OF HIS TANK AND TRY TO DEDICATE A LITTLE AREA FOR HIM WHERE HE CAN RUN AROUND SAFELY AND I WONT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A MESS BUT I HAVE TWO DOGS AND MOST OF MY HOUSE HAS CARPET FLOORING. THOUGH THIS IS A PLAN FOR ANOTHER DAY). BUT HE DOESNT HAVE ANY PHYSICAL SIGNS OF SICKNESS SO IM NOT TOO CONCERNED AS LONG AS I KEEP AN EYE ON HIM AND DO MY RESEARCH. MAYBE I JUST DIDNT KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR! WHO KNOWS? IM ALWAYS LEARNING.

ANYWAYS THATS WHERE IM CURRENTLY AT WITH THIS. I JUST WANTED A PLACE TO SPIT OUT MY WORDVOMIT BUT IF YOU HAVE ADVICE OR JUST WANNA KNOW STUFF ABOUT SPIKE OR WHATEV PLEASE COMMENT I LOVE TALKING ABOUT ANIMALS!!!!

IN CASE YOURE LAZY (I DONT BLAME YOU, THIS FORMATTING IS A NIGHTMARE), TLDR: BEARDIE GOING INTO BRUMATION, NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE, SOME WEIRD CIRCUMSTANCES BUT NO HEALTH COMPLICATIONS OR CONCERNS SO I THINK HES GONNA BE OKAY AS LONG AS I KEEP A CLOSE EYE AND DO MY RESEARCH.

UPDATE: FEW HOURS AFTER I POSTED THIS. ABOUT 1:20 PM. SPIKES WIDE AWAKE AND LEFT THE LOG, INSTEAD SITTING ON TOP OF IT. HE ATE A FEW WORMS, THOUGH HE WAS A BIT SLOW TO REACTING TO THEM. NOTHING ELSE NOTEWORTHY. WEIRD!!!