Obie's been acting weird.

[glitch_in_the_system]

I took out her basking platforms recently because the surface temps got extremely hot. So I put in a big piece of driftwood that runs the length of the cage beneath the basking and reptisun bulbs. I have noticed that she is oddly really clumsy about moving around on the drift wood and does not get on it unless I put her there. She clumsily slides off the log and then proceeds to lay underneath it. She has also been eating little to no greens and refused superworms this morning which I found to be alarming. She is at least 4 years old now and just finished shedding. I originally attributed it to her shedding but am worried now.

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

It is a possibility of brumation. How old is your Reptisun 10 flourescent tube bulb? How often do you give calcium?
Is she having any other signs of illness?
I would get a fecal done, just to be sure she doesn't have worms or parasites. Then, if she is of good weight & has adequate fat reserves she could be allowed to brumate. At her age she should be fine to brumate. Has she not ever brumated before?

Tracie

 

[glitch_in_the_system]

-Reptisun 10.0 bulb was installed in late June-early July.
-No signs of illness, but she has a wound on her tail that is still healing.
-She is darker than normal, but temps seem fine. 80+ ambient, 100-105 basking.
-She never brumated during the first two years. Last winter because of an apartment situation my mom took care of her, and she reported no inconsistencies.

 

[glitch_in_the_system]

I've been keeping an eye on her and I reorganized her tank so that she has her hides incase she needs to start sleeping during the day, but so far she doesn't seem to be sleeping much during the day, but then again she still doesn't seem to be doing much of anything. I got her to eat a little bit of greens today when she was being cranky after I was inspecting her toes to make sure she hadn't retained a shed around her feet. She seems alert and responsive but just lazier than ever and not eating.