I have no one to care for my beardies, can I leave them in a dark room for a few days? Wont they just go into hibernation mode and be fine for 3days?
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Im going out of town for a few days,can I leave beardies in the dark?
knddrags
Apr 30, 2004 01:54 PM
Replies (6)
dsgngrl
Apr 30, 2004 01:59 PM
Why not get a timer, so the lights go on and off by themselves?
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dagangsta
Apr 30, 2004 01:59 PM
ummm, why don't you just like get like a 10 dollar timer from homedepot, that way you won't hafta worry about the lights ever again, lol
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my animals
1.0.1 leopard gecko (goliath, gebco)
0.1 hypo red bearded dragon (puff the magic dragon)
0.0.1 schnieder's skink (ghandi)
0.0.1 white's dumpy treefrog (un-named)
1.0 house gecko (geico)
0.0.1 red eared slider (carl)
0.0.1 fire belly toad (escaped..)
1.0 lop eared wabbit (oreo)
1.1.too many to count, brown recluse (i think)
the rest of the animals in the hizouse
1.0 westie puppy (gabriel)
1.0 plain ol' outdoor alley cat (joey)
0.1 indoor rag doll kitty (tinkerbell)
2.0 goulian finchs
knddrags
Apr 30, 2004 02:27 PM
The problem is I have no one to feed them and clean up after them, not the lights. I do have a timer already.
dsgngrl
Apr 30, 2004 04:07 PM
Then you aren't leaving them in the dark, just hungry. They will be fine for three days, reptiles can go for a very long time without food.
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georgio
Apr 30, 2004 02:41 PM
They will be fine for 3 days without food depending on their age...how old are they? Just give them a bunch of food before you go, stock up their plates with greens and you should be fine. Lizards go for long periods of time without food in the wild. I would not leave them if they are under 100 grams though...
Peter
knddrags
Apr 30, 2004 03:03 PM
They are all about a year old. One is a small one. I just think there will be such a mess with their feces everywhere if they are eating and going to the bathroom the whole time. If I'm not there to clean up, they are quite a mess in just a few hours! They have a huge cage my husband built, but they always seem to step in their mess and get it everywhere!
