I have a newly acquired baby BW, born July 2003 at Agama. When I got him in December, he was of course in a hibernated state. He has come out a couple of times (once I saw him and the other times I noticed signs of activity, like dug up substrate and substrate in the water, and once I saw feces). I have left food for him, but it dries up and is not eaten. It is going to start getting warmer here soon (Louisville KY), and the days are already getting longer. I provide a temp gradient from 95 degrees to 85 degrees, with a 120 degree basking spot, and his hide box is kept moist all the way to the bottem of the enclosure. I check it daily to make sure the whole thickness is moist. My worry is that I work from 8 am to sometimes 8 pm, and I am afraid he will start becoming active soon, and I may not see him, so I will not be able to feed him out of his enclosure like I had planned. I also worry about him just being out of hibernation and hungry, and I just want to make sure I know how to make him comfortable when he wakes up completely. How long will they be active during the day? What are the chances of him being active while I am gone and going back to sleep before I get back in time to see him? Can anyone give an approximate date as to when he will wake up given my location and his housing conditions? Please help!
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Worried about the end of my first hibernation (a little long, but help please!)
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I can't help too much, but my Tegu currently is active, and I have his heat lamp set to go on at 6AM, and go off at 6PM, the only time I see him(except for on rare occasions) is in the morning when he gets up at 6AM, by the time I get home in the afternoon at 12PM, he is already sleeping, he's a lazy guy!
Also, I wouldn't worry about feeding him in his enclosure, what I Would do is make sure he doesn't see you put the food in his enclosure, this way he won't associate you putting your hand in with food, that is what I do, maybe it will work for you.
Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
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So do you think I should try maybe waiting till the afternoon to turn on the heat lamp? Maybe then he will wait until later to wake up, and thus be active when I get home?
