What are the signs leading to brumation and during? I may be going through it with Luci but i'm not sure. This is what he's been doing:
The boy who usually can't wait for his fresh salad in the morning has shown little interest in it. He also hasn't been interested in his worms as much. Since he hasn't eaten as much, poop has gone from once a day to maybe once every 3 days. Although, yesterday morning he ate some mustards and turnip greens and this morning he ate a bowl of super worms. This is the first he's eaten that much since Thursday.
Stopped the constant running around his tank and now either sits flattened out on the warm side of his tank with sexy legs or on one of his ledges completely stretched out. Eyes are very sleepy looking.
Friday I gave him a bath and he pooped in the tub. He also drank a lot of water, which was a first for him. Put him on the back of the chair in the window and he was alert watching the people walk by. When he goes back in his tank, it's back to being lazy.
I think it could be brumation because it has been below zero here for a week. His night time temps have gotten down to about 67 but his daytime temps have been normal. If it is brumation do I turn his lights completely off and when do I do that? Do I wait until his eyes have been closed for some time?
Do they always hide when they go into brumation? He hasn't tried to do that. He has never been a hider. He has a small half log and a warm fuzzy tunnel in his tank but he has never gone into either of them. He has always wanted to be up high so he can watch things. Even when he would nap he would have one eye half open in case he missed something.
I made him a make shift tent with a fuzzy blanket, I put him in it and so far he's stayed there. I'll put up a picture later, it's on my cell phone.
I also wonder if he is just being lazy because of the fluctuation in the temperature.
sigh....Dexter was so much easier to take care of at this age!
The boy who usually can't wait for his fresh salad in the morning has shown little interest in it. He also hasn't been interested in his worms as much. Since he hasn't eaten as much, poop has gone from once a day to maybe once every 3 days. Although, yesterday morning he ate some mustards and turnip greens and this morning he ate a bowl of super worms. This is the first he's eaten that much since Thursday.
Stopped the constant running around his tank and now either sits flattened out on the warm side of his tank with sexy legs or on one of his ledges completely stretched out. Eyes are very sleepy looking.
Friday I gave him a bath and he pooped in the tub. He also drank a lot of water, which was a first for him. Put him on the back of the chair in the window and he was alert watching the people walk by. When he goes back in his tank, it's back to being lazy.
I think it could be brumation because it has been below zero here for a week. His night time temps have gotten down to about 67 but his daytime temps have been normal. If it is brumation do I turn his lights completely off and when do I do that? Do I wait until his eyes have been closed for some time?
Do they always hide when they go into brumation? He hasn't tried to do that. He has never been a hider. He has a small half log and a warm fuzzy tunnel in his tank but he has never gone into either of them. He has always wanted to be up high so he can watch things. Even when he would nap he would have one eye half open in case he missed something.
I made him a make shift tent with a fuzzy blanket, I put him in it and so far he's stayed there. I'll put up a picture later, it's on my cell phone.
I also wonder if he is just being lazy because of the fluctuation in the temperature.
sigh....Dexter was so much easier to take care of at this age!
