OK... My brother in law works for a company that imports large crates from arizona. he states when they get the crates there are lizards in them. He brought 2 of the lizards home and placed them in an aquarium with a heat lamp and some sand and a handful of crickets.(then basically forgot about them) Well as usual, I didn't want them to die, so like every stray taken in, i take over the care. I have done some research on the forum and the net and have determined the spinys are either mountain spiny from arizona area(which would make sense) But.. I live in Texas and I found there are Blue spinys from close to this area.
Is there a difference?

Also..It turns out that the one that is the most skitish has given live birth to 14 babies while the large lazy one, turned out to be the male, when I sexed it.
I have been feeding a steady diet of gut loaded crickets and live meal worms, dusted with d3 supplement, bought proper uv lighting, have a temperature of about 90 on one side of the aquarium and about 80 on the other side. i have a basking light and i mist a few plastic leaves in the cage every morning to provide a kind of dew for them to drink.

Is there anything else I need to do?

Last thing... finally, The male hardly moves even when you pick him up. Is he possibly in a hibernating mode he seems healthy other than, hardly moving. I also have 3 babies that are not moving a whole lot and don't chase after cricket and eat them like the others.

Any suggestions?

Thanks for taking the time to read my long post.

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