A little over a week ago, I picked up a new home for my Tegu, and I saw him for that first day in which I moved him but not since, he ate and went to the bathroom the day after but nothing else. he was pretty inactive before I moved him, eating very little and sleeping most of the time but not to this extreme. I want to know for sure if he is hibernating because I don't quite know what to do if he is but I'm afraid of disturbing him. I'm also worried because he was having a pretty bad shedding problem and when I bought the new tank I also bought a Habba Mist misting machine, the humidity has been up but I want to make sure he's alright. Should I dig him up for a little bit or just let him be?



I'm trying to have a picture up soon to make sure it's a suitable environment but I'll describe it as best as possible. The tank is 4 feet long, 18" high, and 2 feet deep. It's glass with sliding doors on the front and a screen top. I have the lights on top but also a large piece of plexiglass inbetween the lights to help keep humidity in. On the cooler side I have a combo light set up with a 150 watt flood daytime bulb and a 100 watt black bulb, the temperature is always in the mid 80's. On the other side I have a 8" ceramic dome fixture with a 150 watt flood in it keeping the temperature at about 100 degrees, this is the side with more substrate and where he keeps himself buried. I'm using Keeper's Choice cypress bedding as the substrate. Even with the mister I'm still having an issue with humidity, it ranges throughout 40 and 60 during the day, so I mist it a few hours after the system goes off. My location is in NY, I'm not sure how that affected the humidity but area seems to be a question that goes along with humidity questions.



Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated, I'm trying to do what's best for my Tegu so he grows up big and healthy. Sorry for the long post and thanks in advance.

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