Hello all!

I believe my bearded dragon Yoshi is trying to brumate. He is a little over 2 years old now, and has never tried before.

A month or so ago he started to get extra cranky, then calmed down. A couple weeks ago he started to get cranky again and chose a dark cool spot on the bottom of his tank to relax and stretch out on. He has been in the same spot for about 3 weeks now. His eating has been slowing down for a couple weeks, he hasn't wanted to touch salad and wasn't eating his roaches as well. He had one last bowel movement a couple weeks ago and refused roaches for the first time ever and has since, not moved. He opens his eyes and kind of glares at me if I peek at him to look at him, but other than that, nothing.

I think it's partly my fault as his lights weren't on for 12 hours a day, sometimes they were on late, or got shut off too early.

So, if he is trying to brumate, how do I go about letting him?

I've researched it a lot in the past, and more so lately just because it seems to be happening, but questions pop up.

Do I work towards turning his lights off, or just keep them on for 12 hours, off for 12 hours?

Should I give him weekly baths? He is crammed under a bunch of logs so I'd have to take almost everything out of his tank to get to him lol.

Since he's had no food for a couple weeks and already pooped, I can't do a fecal, and there aren't any vets in town that would do one without seeing the animal and it's -10 to -30F right now so I don't want him going out of the house.

Thanks for any and all advice!