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Is my guy sleeping too much?

Nicodemus Apr 03, 2004 06:21 AM

So I overwintered my mali. To wake him up, I started with only a few lights on for short periods and gradually added lights and left them on longer until I got to a perfect temp gradient and pretty close to the suggested daylight times.
The thing is, he's still sleeping alot. Days go by and I never see him until I check up on him. He looks healthy. Are the lamps not fooling him (i.e. does he still know its cold outside)?
Should I just wait longer?

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dewaine Apr 06, 2004 03:50 PM

Wish someone who knows would reply to this, I am having the same problem. I bought a female Mali from Doug Dix in January. It sleeps for several days, get up one day and eats, then goes back to sleep. I see it about once a week. Isn't it a little late in the year for bermation?

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