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My dwarf pyxie hibernated this winter for several months. He got a good thick waxy shell, closed his eyes, didn't soak or eat. He's been out since early spring. I've had him about a year & he's on Ecoearth w/ a soaking dish of dechlorinated water. I changed his substrate about 5 weeks ago & it has since dried out. I normally keep it dry so he'll soak & prior to hibernation he spent most of the day, every day, soaking. Now he hangs out in the dry substrate & never soaks & has recently starting looking waxy again. I've tried wetting down the substrate around him, which caused him to scoot backward to a dry spot. He's not eaten in several weeks. Tonight I put him in his water bowl & he has stayed there, but is still balled-up, eyes closed, looking like he's hibernating. He does not appear to have soaked up any water.
Should I be worried or is this all normal? Is he brumating again? If so, why?
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I wouldn't worry about. Many of my larger anurans will brumate periodically, and quite randomly, throughout the year. Just watch for major weight losses. Personally, I would just leave it alone for a while and then give the substrate a nice heavy soaking and see if it will "wake" back up.
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Andy Maddox
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Thank you. After I posted this I put him in his water dish, where he stayed all night. He pooped & shed & looked great this morning. He ate 2 worms for me this morning & has been in & out of his water since.
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1.1 Corn snakes Snake Plissken & Abby
1.1 Hog Island Boas Harley & Isaboa
1.3 leos, Yoda, Geo, Tang, Ginger
1.0 Blue Tongue Skink Indigo (Indy)
0.1.1 frogs Buffy the Cricket Slayer, Butrose Butrose Froggy
1.1.4 firebelly newts Wayne Newton, Isaac Newton, Fig Newton, Juice Newton, Olivia Newton John & Helmut Newton
1.1 cats Gus & Mena