Hey - how are you? I remember you from the past, I just have not posted for AGES!!

The whole story is long and ongoing. It boils down to him never really coming out brumation - lethargic (or lazy), won't eat ANY greens/veggies/fruit except applesauce and that is only if I feed him with a spoon that he licks. He doesn't even eat much in the way of insects. He has always been extremely docile, but he basically never moves.

We started with fecal which was clean (previous one was, too), my vet tube fed him at one point b/c he'd lost weight after brumation. Gave him fluids. He has been there a few times and neither of us can find anything wrong. I finally went to the bloodwork just to rule anything out. The only thing that was a bit high was glucose. After looking at Darwin's results and the link that BDlvr gave me the range for glucose is 139-291 and his is 320. That happened once before and when he checked it via urinalysis it was fine.

I take him out a lot and put him on a window sill for real UVB, but if I put him on floor to go off on his own he will ALWAYS go fro some hidden dark place. If I take him outside for sun he goes for the nearest bush. I'm worried about him but at a loss.

He is 2 1/2, is a Citrus translucent and comes from good bloodline. He is in a 75 gal tank, poops in his tub, basking temps range from 95-105 (he has a selection). I do not free range because he will never hunt for them they just hide. I use a reptisun 10 b/c his tank is deep (21" and I wanted to make sure UVB made it to where he hangs out.

Any thoughts appreciated!! Here's a pic of him in his bath about a year ago



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