Ok, so she'll be a year with me in dec. and had her at 7 inches total length when I bought her last december. I've been thinking it was bermation. There is no poop in the cage in over a week. She's also not eating. Just staying in the hide log. She is also not loosing weight noticeably, though I think I am going to start tracking that, just to be sure. She may have been on the heavy side before.
Today I decided to remove the hide log. She is now basking normally. She did this before I switched to a 75 gal cage and downgraded to a 100 watt halogen to save some electric bill. The 150 was so hot it was leaving a burn mark on the basking branch and she was never going more than half way up anyways, in the 40 breeded, so I suspect she'll do fine with a lesser light and just get closer, that is what the branch is for after all.
Anyone got any ideas? Could this be a burmation? Is waking her up a bad idea?
anyone have any ideas? Now she is just sitting on her log, hasn't moved in 3 days, although she did run down a pair of roaches still alive and ate a few superworms. There are more in the dish being ignored. I know she's warm enough. Her eyes are closed most of the time, but she will wake up and be alert so I doubt it's the UVB either. I thought maybe she was stressed by a cage too small (40 breeder) upgraded to a 75 gal, still no change in behavior.
Our female does this as well. Every Nov. she gets "lazy" and wants to sleep all the time. Doesn't eat but doesn't lose weight either. She comes around in Feb. / March. Brumation most likely. Let her sleep, offer greens and keep him/her hydrated with baths once or twice a week.