Forced Brumation?

[littleassassin2]

So we recently got our power back on last night from hurricane sandy, but once we lost power Monday night, both my mom, moms bf's sister, and i covered our 4 dragons with sweatshirts and towels to preserve the heat and simulate a 24/7 darkness. My moms bf's sister took their 2 out periodically and they are fine, my mom left hers be and he's fine, and i let mine sleep for 6 days, only checking on him once to see if he was still alive, he was and flipped out when i tried waking him.

Well, now that we have power back, their 3 dragons have resumed normal behavior while mine wants nothing more than to sleep. Mines the 3rd oldest at about 6 months, and i was wondering if MAYBE it was possible to force them into brumation and that's what happened to Leeroy?

Or maybe it could be him just slow to fully get back into it. I know the temps are off because for some reason 1 of my bulbs decided to stop working so im using a smaller bulb until i can get a replacement (who knows when) and right now it's about 90, might get higher in a little bit.

Put crickets in there for him and he also wants nothing to do with them. I had to put him on his basking spot when he first woke up and he was quite cold to the touch, but he has moved around a little bit from when he woke up almost 4 hours ago, :roll:

Any thoughts?

 

[vampy]

Doesn't sound like brumation, just sounds like he's too cold. When you get him a new light that gets the temps back up, I'm sure he'll perk up again. If it only gets up to 90, he probably won't be that interested in food, he should start wanting to eat again once he's warm enough.

 

[diamc]

It sounds to me like he is just too cold to want to eat or move around much. Have you been giving him nice warm baths, that should help perk him up some but make sure you blot him dry before putting him back in his tank.

You can actually use a standard white household light bulb for the heat bulb. Do you have one around or in a lamp that is the same wattage as the one that just stopped working? Make sure to double ck the temps though with either a temperature gun or digital probe thermometer.

 

[littleassassin2]

Was surprised to see that mostly all the businesses along the highway have power again so i went out and got him another 150w bulb, he's been asleep essentially all day, gave him a warm bath just for him to fall back asleep on me. Temp is up past 100 but below 110 and so far not much has changed. Did notice him with his eye(s) open and he was watching the crickets walk back and forth so. Still don't know if he's eaten but he seems to be back to normal.

Also, i wasn't giving him baths for the past week because i didn't want him to get even colder than it already was with the power out.