Several weeks ago after having a reduced appetite and a negative parasite test, our 1 year old Rankins dragon was being treated for a possible respiratory infection by one vet although this diagnosis was disputed by a second.
In the end he completed an antibiotics course and we were just getting him to eat a small dose of oxbow herbivore twice daily over the last few days and he had pooped a couple of times which all looked regular.
Prior to this whole period he had shown signs of occasionally preferring a cold, dark corner of his terrarium and we had asked the vet at the time if he might be trying to brumate but they didn't really want to comment. Yesterday he decided to stay in his cold corner the whole day and this morning he's still there with his eyes closed so we're pretty sure now that he's trying to brumate.
My main questions are:
Do we allow him to continue given that he had maybe been ill a few weeks ago?
Subsequent to his last poop, because we didn't know he was going to brumate we had given him a small amount of the oxbow and he hadn't really had a great deal of time to fully digest it, let alone poop it out. Is it still safe for him to brumate or should we try and keep waking him up until he has another poop?
Thanks
In the end he completed an antibiotics course and we were just getting him to eat a small dose of oxbow herbivore twice daily over the last few days and he had pooped a couple of times which all looked regular.
Prior to this whole period he had shown signs of occasionally preferring a cold, dark corner of his terrarium and we had asked the vet at the time if he might be trying to brumate but they didn't really want to comment. Yesterday he decided to stay in his cold corner the whole day and this morning he's still there with his eyes closed so we're pretty sure now that he's trying to brumate.
My main questions are:
Do we allow him to continue given that he had maybe been ill a few weeks ago?
Subsequent to his last poop, because we didn't know he was going to brumate we had given him a small amount of the oxbow and he hadn't really had a great deal of time to fully digest it, let alone poop it out. Is it still safe for him to brumate or should we try and keep waking him up until he has another poop?
Thanks