is that ok for his sleeping pattern?

[Ozzy98]

after basking and eating for a good part of the day, i take ozzy out to lay on my chest. to get him to sleep, i rub between his eyes and hes fast asleep. is that normal? and it doesnt get cold at my house so sometimes i have him laying on my chest through the night and when i wake up, hes in the exact same position he was in before i fell asleep. is that ok? keepin him out and what not?

 

[gulfbrzdawn]

As long as he is getting uvb for most of the day and proper heat before and after eating,then he'll be fine sleeping on you.
It's actually quite sweet when they do that. As for the rubbing between his eyes, yes that's perfectly normal. My girl likes to be rubbed under her chin.

Dawn

 

[Ozzy98]

when they're in that real deep sleep, do they have shallow breathing or something?
i can watch him sleep for 1 or two minutes and see only like, 5 or 6 breaths....

 

[hockeyballz30]

yea they sleep like they are almost dead, they lower their breathing very very low when they are in a deep sleep...this is normal

 

[Ozzy98]

ahh thank you SO much. every now and then
i had to check on him to make sure he wasnt
dead or something! thank you, i was just worried!

 

[blondie098]

We've lost an hour of sleep here and there because it looked like beardie wasn't breathing -- glad we're not the only ones!

 

[Ozzy98]

yea, and i hated having to wake him up too!
every time i would wake him up, he would
open his eyes and wiggle like a worm!

 

[blondie098]

haha, it's like, "Hey, I was comfy and snoozing, whaddya want?!?" :lol: Glad you have a snuggly one! We love Crash's snuggles, and Xena (our rescue) is warming up nicely, too.