RhiannonJade
Member
Hi Everyone,
Ryu is 2 and a half years old now, and last year he definitely had a period where he slowed down, stopped eating, and basically hid all the time. His temps and diet were correct and a couple months later he snapped out of it.
Fast forward and he is doing it again, and just to be sure I knew what was going on, I took in a fecal to my new vet that I am seeing and got him a mini physical.
The fecal came back negative for parasites, so I said "oh OK great, he's probably just getting ready to burmate again," and my Vet was very concerned, wanted to do blood work and run tests, and she started asking me all these questions like "is his cage near a window, near a draft, is my house getting cold" because she said that his lethargy isn't due to burmation because unless there is a sudden change in temperature he should not be burmating, and that captive dragons have no reason to burmate... therefore captive dragons should never burmate.
Is this true?
My set up:
Ryu is 24 inches long head to tip,
Reptisun 10.0 UVB Tube Bulb, changed every 6 months.
I feed him Collard Greens, dandilion Greens, green beans, squash, occasionally kale,
bathe him 2 - 3 times a week.
Temp is 80ish on the cool side, 90-95 hot side, basking spot is 105.
Substrate is tile,
He has completely stopped eating, EXCEPT if I put in a super worm, then he goes crazy, he loves those. I have had a really tough time with trying to get him to eat his greens
He is not loosing weight.
Any help with what's going on would be appreciated, I can upload pictures if need be.
Thanks!!!
Ryu is 2 and a half years old now, and last year he definitely had a period where he slowed down, stopped eating, and basically hid all the time. His temps and diet were correct and a couple months later he snapped out of it.
Fast forward and he is doing it again, and just to be sure I knew what was going on, I took in a fecal to my new vet that I am seeing and got him a mini physical.
The fecal came back negative for parasites, so I said "oh OK great, he's probably just getting ready to burmate again," and my Vet was very concerned, wanted to do blood work and run tests, and she started asking me all these questions like "is his cage near a window, near a draft, is my house getting cold" because she said that his lethargy isn't due to burmation because unless there is a sudden change in temperature he should not be burmating, and that captive dragons have no reason to burmate... therefore captive dragons should never burmate.
Is this true?
My set up:
Ryu is 24 inches long head to tip,
Reptisun 10.0 UVB Tube Bulb, changed every 6 months.
I feed him Collard Greens, dandilion Greens, green beans, squash, occasionally kale,
bathe him 2 - 3 times a week.
Temp is 80ish on the cool side, 90-95 hot side, basking spot is 105.
Substrate is tile,
He has completely stopped eating, EXCEPT if I put in a super worm, then he goes crazy, he loves those. I have had a really tough time with trying to get him to eat his greens
He is not loosing weight.
Any help with what's going on would be appreciated, I can upload pictures if need be.
Thanks!!!