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my tegu has been hibernating since october and woke up on saturday. I live in so cal and we are having a strong heatwave now. i want to feed him now but think it may cause problems if the temperature cools and he goes back to sleep for a little longer. do you think he is up for good and i should start feeding him soon

I just went throught the same exact thing. I live in KY, and our weather is unpredictable at best. My little guy (July 2003 from Agama, so in hibernation since August), woke up about a month ago. He ate the very first night! I guess it was the first, the first time I saw him anyway. He didn't eat alot, but it has gotten better and now he is a machine. Anyway, I would guess that when they wake up, they are as stubborn about it as when they hibernate. Once they're up they're up. Mine went down for a couple days straight about 4 days after I first saw him, so I guess something like that would be normal. I would say go ahead and offer food. If he doesn't want it, he'll turn his nose up and walk away. I'm pretty sure that if he does eat, and you are supplying enough heat, that you don't have anything to worry about as far as stomach rot or something. He'll know what to do!

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