Hi all, sorry for the mini-essay.
Ive had my little guy for just over a month now. He eats, sleeps, pee/poops, basks, sheds ect... All fine. But the last couple days he seems a bit out of sorts. He's usually bright eyed and awake from the second his lights come on, until they go out. But the last couple days he's been sleeping later in the morning and going off earlier at night. I guess this could just simply be tiredness, but its the first time ive seen it.
The one thing I just noticed today was what made me decide to make this thread. -
Apart from whatever adventures in he has during the day while I'm at work, he always lies on top of his skull ornament (his basking spot), inside the skulls ornament to be in the shade but still warm, or underneath one of the shelves in the shade where its slightly cooler.
I came home from work today and he was nowhere to be seen. I eventually found him underneath his reptile carpet, flat as a pancake and sound asleep. This was about two hours before he usually goes off to sleep, and ive never seen him use the lower level of his cage to walk about on, let alone to go sleep there.
When I pulled the carpet back and gave him a little nudge to make sure he was ok, he shot off across the viv and gave me the half open mouth like he was about to bite. This never happens either, he doesn't like being handled much but he never runs away, but I guess I just scared him. About 5 minutes after this I returned to his room and he was nowhere to be seen, I've just left him alone under the carpet for now.
I know this might seem a little silly to worry about, but its just a little different to his usual routine so I'm just curious if this is something I should be keeping an eye on.
Thanks for reading!
Ryan.
Ive had my little guy for just over a month now. He eats, sleeps, pee/poops, basks, sheds ect... All fine. But the last couple days he seems a bit out of sorts. He's usually bright eyed and awake from the second his lights come on, until they go out. But the last couple days he's been sleeping later in the morning and going off earlier at night. I guess this could just simply be tiredness, but its the first time ive seen it.
The one thing I just noticed today was what made me decide to make this thread. -
Apart from whatever adventures in he has during the day while I'm at work, he always lies on top of his skull ornament (his basking spot), inside the skulls ornament to be in the shade but still warm, or underneath one of the shelves in the shade where its slightly cooler.
I came home from work today and he was nowhere to be seen. I eventually found him underneath his reptile carpet, flat as a pancake and sound asleep. This was about two hours before he usually goes off to sleep, and ive never seen him use the lower level of his cage to walk about on, let alone to go sleep there.
When I pulled the carpet back and gave him a little nudge to make sure he was ok, he shot off across the viv and gave me the half open mouth like he was about to bite. This never happens either, he doesn't like being handled much but he never runs away, but I guess I just scared him. About 5 minutes after this I returned to his room and he was nowhere to be seen, I've just left him alone under the carpet for now.
I know this might seem a little silly to worry about, but its just a little different to his usual routine so I'm just curious if this is something I should be keeping an eye on.
Thanks for reading!
Ryan.