AprilMayJune
Hatchling Member
My female is about 2 years and she is brumating. She was down for about a week and I woke her up by moving her. She decided to bask and I offered her some greens and she ate them. We went and bought some roaches at the pet store and gave her a few. She basked. She pooped. The next day, I was going to let her go back and brumate but one of the kids fed her some supers. So couldn't let her go back in until she had passed what was in her stomach. I kept her awake, as hard as it was. Ended up taking her rocks and branches out so she wouldn't hide under them. Gave her a bath before bed hoping for a poo, but no. Woke her up and let her heat up for the day. Did not feed since the kids gave supers. Gave her another bath and she pooped. Dried her off, warmed her up and put her cage furniture back in. She immediatly went down and hid. She's been there for a week again.
These are my questions:
1. Should I try to give her a bath and risk waking her again?
2. Do I really need to disturb her slumber for a bath? Is it ok to let her sleep until she wakes up then give her a bath? She has never had any hydration issues in the past and when she awoke last week she was still very hydrated, still plump, but crabby.
3. Is it mean not to feed her when she is awake for her bath and warm up? So she can go back brumating without needing to excrete what she ate?
Your thoughts, opinions, and advise are greatly appreciated. I have read the brumation article and found it helpful.
These are my questions:
1. Should I try to give her a bath and risk waking her again?
2. Do I really need to disturb her slumber for a bath? Is it ok to let her sleep until she wakes up then give her a bath? She has never had any hydration issues in the past and when she awoke last week she was still very hydrated, still plump, but crabby.
3. Is it mean not to feed her when she is awake for her bath and warm up? So she can go back brumating without needing to excrete what she ate?
Your thoughts, opinions, and advise are greatly appreciated. I have read the brumation article and found it helpful.