basking during brumation?

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Wycca

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I seem to only post on this site when I need to make sure something isn't wrong with Mordremoth. I really need to work on that.

On to the topic at hand though. I'm pretty sure old Mordy has gone into brumation since he hasn't eaten more than a single hornworm in a couple week and doesn't seem to have lost any weight. He continues to take water from a syringe every so often, and when I got him out for bath time he made it very clear that he didn't want to be messed with and puffed out his beard at me.

The question is that despite having three hides in his enclosure to choose from he still prefers to spend all his time on his basking platform? Just making sure that continuing to bask is a normal behavior for brumation and I'm not mistaking it for something else.
 

kingofnobbys

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None of my pet skinks or dragons in over 10 years have ever brumated or shown any desire to do so.

I know breeders who encourage their pets to brumate over winter , even they keep the basking and UV lights on incase their lizards wake up and feel the need to bask midsleep.
 

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Is he acting sleepy or is he awake? it's good that his weight is stable but they tend to act lethargic and/or sleep for long periods of time during brumation. They kind of act like they are on sleeping pills and are fairly groggy from what I've seen. If he is alert but acting irritable it could be related to a shed or something like that perhaps.
 

Wycca

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Sorry for the late reply. I came down with something and forgot about this post.

He's alert at times but not for very long. The rest of the time he's asleep or laying down on top of his platform and only really moves from the end that's directly under the lights to the side that's a bit farther away from the lights. He doesn't seem as irritable right now. I might have just caught him at a bad time that day.

He drank some more water today and actually moved down to the area underneath his platform so maybe he's starting to decide to find somewhere a bit cooler to sleep.
 
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