Dragons not eating! Please help!

[Dragon_Lover_85]

2 of my central bearded dragons aged 14 and 16months have stopped eating. They started not eating well a few months back so I introduced pellet feeding, they have been doing really well on this however will not touch their live food or their salads. I decided 2 weeks ago to stop the pellets in order to get them to eat more naturally and tried to feed them today. I offered them crickets and a mixed salad and got absolutely no reaction at all from the 14 month old and the other ate only 2 crickets. Any ideas on why they would be doing this? Also how to get them to eat again?
They dont seem to have lost any condition however I dont want to wait till they do before seeking help either.
And before anyone asks temps and uvb have not changed nor has the enclosure and the hot spot is 40deg with a hot end to cool end varient of 28-38 deg.

 

[Dragon_Lover_85]

Anyone?

 

[nicman72]

I reckon they might be going into brumation mode - all of our adults have slowed right down, and one has stopped eating altogether and already put herself away for the winter. Are they in good condition Jesse? If they have nice thick tail bases, I wouldn't be stressing too much. They're both at the right age to make it through a winter...
More advice from others would be good though...
Nic

 

[Funkstaa]

you seem to be doing everything you can, and with them still in good condition I would put it down to brumation, there are alot of posts with dragon parents concerned with eating habits atm, I would keep offering salads and live food but minimally just incase they are all of a sudden hungry (also might be worth trying a bath for them incase of possible impaction? ) they seem fine though but it can't hurt to try...good luck and keep us posted : )