Hello there!
My girl’s name is Ellie and she’s about 1 year and 2 months old. I’ma little concerned about some behavioral changes in the past week. Her tube uvb lights have both been changed within the past 3 months and her temp is 105 in the warm end and about 75 in the cool end.
Lately she’s only pooping once every 3-4 days - the poop looks pretty textbook. But she gets a dark beard in the morning and she’s not eating as much. I thought it could be her first brumation but in her tank she mainly basks… she never used her hides much but I always kept them preparing for the change of season.
The black beard doesn’t last. Sometimes it clears up after a warm bath or when I let her out to roam around. She’s also walking up later and sleeping dinner so I adjusted/ reduced her light schedule to about 9 hours of light, instead of 11.
Also! When I let her out to run around she finds dark corners and goes to sleep. But she won’t do this in her tank.
Is there such a thing as partial brumation? I just don’t understand why she isn’t using her hides if she’s brumating.
Because she isn’t eating as much I give her her vet prescribed omnivore supplement ever couple of days (much less than I would normally give her) every couple of days.
Any help would be so appreciated, thank you!
My girl’s name is Ellie and she’s about 1 year and 2 months old. I’ma little concerned about some behavioral changes in the past week. Her tube uvb lights have both been changed within the past 3 months and her temp is 105 in the warm end and about 75 in the cool end.
Lately she’s only pooping once every 3-4 days - the poop looks pretty textbook. But she gets a dark beard in the morning and she’s not eating as much. I thought it could be her first brumation but in her tank she mainly basks… she never used her hides much but I always kept them preparing for the change of season.
The black beard doesn’t last. Sometimes it clears up after a warm bath or when I let her out to roam around. She’s also walking up later and sleeping dinner so I adjusted/ reduced her light schedule to about 9 hours of light, instead of 11.
Also! When I let her out to run around she finds dark corners and goes to sleep. But she won’t do this in her tank.
Is there such a thing as partial brumation? I just don’t understand why she isn’t using her hides if she’s brumating.
Because she isn’t eating as much I give her her vet prescribed omnivore supplement ever couple of days (much less than I would normally give her) every couple of days.
Any help would be so appreciated, thank you!