cdlnn
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We got Stewie a week and a half ago and it has been a roller coaster ride. The first couple of days he was great. Active, eating, pooping, alert, and seemed to like us. Then he stopped eating except crickets and stopped pooping and hissed at us and seemed skiddish but mostly slept all the time. He finally pooped a huge pile and was like a new man. Active, eating, even veggies for the first time, drinking, not so afraid of us. However, he has not pooped again now for several days.
Then yesterday he started shedding, was still active and healthy acting until late this afternoon. We found him laying there limp under his piece of wood, not like when he normally sleeps. I thought he was dead at first. But he moved a tiny bit and then later he had moved over a little.
We got him from petco. He is 9 1/2 inches long. He has been eating small/medium crickets, dandelion greens, yellow zuchini, carrots, green beans. I tried some fruits but he has not eaten any yet.
His warm side is 100-110 and cool side I think about 85. He is currently getting 13-14 hours with his uv and heat lamp on. The uv is a coil light which I just read on here tonight is not good, it came with the kit, I will get the other kind tom. He has the reptile carpet on the tank bottom.
I was reading about brumation, but it sounds like he is too young for that and this happened so suddenly, brumation sounds more gradual.
Then yesterday he started shedding, was still active and healthy acting until late this afternoon. We found him laying there limp under his piece of wood, not like when he normally sleeps. I thought he was dead at first. But he moved a tiny bit and then later he had moved over a little.
We got him from petco. He is 9 1/2 inches long. He has been eating small/medium crickets, dandelion greens, yellow zuchini, carrots, green beans. I tried some fruits but he has not eaten any yet.
His warm side is 100-110 and cool side I think about 85. He is currently getting 13-14 hours with his uv and heat lamp on. The uv is a coil light which I just read on here tonight is not good, it came with the kit, I will get the other kind tom. He has the reptile carpet on the tank bottom.
I was reading about brumation, but it sounds like he is too young for that and this happened so suddenly, brumation sounds more gradual.