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My little Northern ETB is curled up under some driftwood on the ground. Is this a normal occurrence? My Chondros do it from time to time but I've neve heard of ETBs doing this. As info, I just moved him into a new cage yesterday afternoon. Its a 24"x12"x12" Barrs cage. Temps are 82F on the hot side and 76F on the cool side where its hiding. Humidity is adequate.

Bill

If the animal is tightly coiled on the ground than I wouldent worry about it. I have several neos and all have spent some time on the ground, I dont know the actual reasoning but they seem to enjoy it from time to time.

joe

Hi

Are you sure your temps are correct? I would verify with another source just to be sure. If it stays on the ground hiding away from heat I would try lowering temp on the hot side a degree or two at a time and see if it comes up. Even with neos we didn't keep over water, they didn't go to ground unless they were actively hunting and looking for food at night.
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Karen Clark
Gems of the Rainforest

Hi,

This happened to me before, right after I moved my neos to a new bigger more beautiful/fancy cage. After 3 days of staying on the ground, (after repetitively putting them back on the perch) I gave up and moved them back to their original smaller bare looking cage, and they perched immediately.

I felt that it was kind of an insecurity thing, and the behavior is mmm...... shall I say "individualistic" since my other neos did not exhibit the same thing.

Sooo, I grew them a little more in the smaller cage, then when they were noticeably much bigger, I moved them to the same bigger cage, they perched and were on strike poses the day I moved them and everyday after that.

Any particular reason you moved them to a bigger cage?

regards,
Arnold