Mirrorakay
Hatchling Member
Recently Zeke has been slowing down, has almost entirely gone off his food, and is napping on and off most days. He went to the vet, had a fecal done, and everything came back clean. Since he's about 1.5 years old, my guess is Zeke is brumating or at least getting ready for it. Considering the snow in my area and the fact that my house is cooling down, I would not be surprised at all.
As of right now Zeke has been getting a 15-20 minute bath 3x per week. However, now that he seems to be doing some brumation activity, I'm not sure if this schedule is fine to continue or needs to be changed. Currently every time I bathe Zeke he becomes completely alert and tends to stay up for the rest of the day after the bath, only going back into his hide the next morning. So far he only seems to nap on and off throughout the day, never sleeping through the full length of the day. Basically, am I disturbing him by bathing him and waking him up three times a week? Is his current bathing schedule fine for brumation or do I need to change? If so, what schedule should I have him on?
On a more general note, I've never gotten Zeke to drink water. He won't take water from a dropper. He won't lick water droplets off anything, be it his face or other things in his tank. He absolutely refuses to drink from the bath even if I splash the water around a bit. Nothing seems to work with him. However, his poops always seem very healthy, sometimes with a little excess water around them (not diahrea or anything like that). Even his urates are a good consistency. Does that mean giving him baths is sufficient or should I keep pushing to get him to drink? If I need him to drink, does anyone have any tips?
As of right now Zeke has been getting a 15-20 minute bath 3x per week. However, now that he seems to be doing some brumation activity, I'm not sure if this schedule is fine to continue or needs to be changed. Currently every time I bathe Zeke he becomes completely alert and tends to stay up for the rest of the day after the bath, only going back into his hide the next morning. So far he only seems to nap on and off throughout the day, never sleeping through the full length of the day. Basically, am I disturbing him by bathing him and waking him up three times a week? Is his current bathing schedule fine for brumation or do I need to change? If so, what schedule should I have him on?
On a more general note, I've never gotten Zeke to drink water. He won't take water from a dropper. He won't lick water droplets off anything, be it his face or other things in his tank. He absolutely refuses to drink from the bath even if I splash the water around a bit. Nothing seems to work with him. However, his poops always seem very healthy, sometimes with a little excess water around them (not diahrea or anything like that). Even his urates are a good consistency. Does that mean giving him baths is sufficient or should I keep pushing to get him to drink? If I need him to drink, does anyone have any tips?
At least on weekends I was always able to spritz his food. Though, since he isn't eating right now, I'll have to work on that when Zeke is back to his usual self.
