I have a Solare that up until now has been rather healthy... always eats her ants, and has been growng nice and big. But lately she hasn't been very active or eating much. She's just been sitting half burried in her usual basking spot. A week or so ago she was digging like mad one day but has given that up for just sitting around half asleep.

I've heard that you can skip a hibernation cycle but she seems like she really wants to go down but doesn't know how. I've tried turning the basking light off so that it's only in the mid 70's in her terrarium but she's still sleeping on the surface. How cold does it have to be for her to want to dig deep and hibernate? What are the best artifical conditions for this? Do I fill a tupperware with sand and keep her in the fridge for a couple months?

Thanks for any advice you could give me!

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