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Monitor burmating?

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Right now, my two bearded dragons are burmating and I have a Savannah Monitor in the next tank over. He has all his own light and heating systems and it seems like he is always sleeping. Is this burmation or do I just need to turn up the heat a bit? Also, do monitors need to burmate?
 
No reptile needs to brimate for any reason other than to ..

Make it through times of bad conditions, you know, too cold, too little food, too hot, etc.
Anyone who trys to sell you on brumation or hibernation being needed for captive reptiles for anything is shoveling it on deep. Also brumation is not 65-75f temps, brumation will occur in species that can brumate in temps from just above freezing to the 50s, also on warm days brumating reptiles come up, bask, eat, drink, etc.
 
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