I have to stop fighting the inevitable, I think Dexter is going into brumation. Wednesday she spent the entire day sleeping on her sand in her favorite corner. She opened her eyes a few times and I tried to give her some crickets and she wasn't having them. Thursday was a completely different story, she was VERY hungry. She was in her corner again but standing up and looking around. She ate about 6 very large crickets. She got a bath and she pooped. Friday she was so so. She was in her corner again but looked sleepy she walked around a bit, climbed on her hammock. I took her out of her tank for a bit and she climbed around on the couch. put her back in her tank around 2pm and she ate some superworms and then she crawled under her log and went to sleep. She hasn't moved since then. Every 10 times I check on her she will open her eye for a second and then close it. I'm going to let her be and let her figure out what she wants to do but I have some concerns.
Later today I have to give her a bath. She ate those supers yesterday and the only way she poops is in a bath. My real problem is that her front foot is in serious shed. Just the foot and one toe right now but not the leg or any other part of her body. If she is in brumation how often do I need to take her out and soak her to get this shed to finish, and is it safe to keep moving her? Would it disturb her if I took a soft tooth brush daily and brushed her foot to help get it to come off? Also, should I turn her lights off? Her tank will be around 70 degrees with the lights off.
Later today I have to give her a bath. She ate those supers yesterday and the only way she poops is in a bath. My real problem is that her front foot is in serious shed. Just the foot and one toe right now but not the leg or any other part of her body. If she is in brumation how often do I need to take her out and soak her to get this shed to finish, and is it safe to keep moving her? Would it disturb her if I took a soft tooth brush daily and brushed her foot to help get it to come off? Also, should I turn her lights off? Her tank will be around 70 degrees with the lights off.
