Brumation - heat?

[bunnyrut]

Mr Dargon is still out. we woke him up today for a bath and let him bask to warm up.

now he is back in bed. but he always feels so cold, even with the heater on him.

does he need to be a certain temperature? should i put a heating pad under his tank for added warmth?

 

[AHBD]

Hi Bunny....they always feel cold when doing a true brumation. Mine sleep at 60 - 70 degrees, like a log. I don't wake them for anything, but if they wake on ther own I offer water dripped on their snout if they want a drink. Then I make sure they are perfectly dry before they go back to sleep. I know it doesn't seem natural, but they are designed to just slow down in a cool spot + sleep.[ of course they have a cave/shelter in the wild ]

 

[Phoenix17June2009]

hi there bunny,
i'm sure they are similar to us in the respect that our bodies have to drop to a cooler temperature to actually sleep, so body temp drops, breathing drops and heartrate drops as well. now i do leave the lights on for heat source if he wants to come out he will, if not he will hide from it on the cool end of the enclosure