Hello my Oscar is about 16 months I have noticed for the past few days he has been spending most of his time under his hut. If I take him out to bask he will for a little bit and then will climb back under he only poops about once a week that has been his norm for a while but the past two times I have noticed uraite on the hard side. Since then I have been frequently misting him and have been giving him soaks. He also did start shedding around his mouth and little over a week ago He has a pattern to get moody when he sheds but there has been no more further shedding since. He is eating but only his roaches. He has never really taken to greens but every now and again he will take a few bites I still put them in their daily. I do live in New England and the season is starting to change and he is at burmation age could this be what is going on?
Possibly --- what are his basking temps how are you taking them and what UVB are you using? coil or tube and where in the tank is it? We need to rule out those two things before determining that is what is going on--
Karrie
Lighting and temps are fine have always used T5 10.0 tube and basking spot is about 90° and I use a digital thermometer right on where he lays. I have had him for over a year he has been growing and doing great I’m thinking more so burmation
So UVB is on top of the screen -- is the screen fine mesh like a screen door or wide holed like a dime- if its a fine screen it needs to be inside the tank w/ a distance of 12-15 inches -- if its a wide holed screen the 8-10 inches is fine -- it could be brumation but I wanted to get the lighting out of the issue first --- his basking temps could be a little warmer 95-110 is what we recommend -- I would make the adjustments and see what he does --- if it was not a lighting issue and hes still doing the same behavior then its possible brumation -- but you want that lighting to be correct so its not causing any issues --
Karrie