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one of my new male phants does something very peculiar time to time. just yesterday, i was looking over the group of larger phants, most of which hang out in the bare branches as they sleep. this male always sleeps in the ficus, and yesterday as i first looked in on him, he seemed alive for the fact he was still gripping onto branches, but when i revealed his face, his tongue was hanging out just a little bit and not moving, which made me think that he had suddenly died. but when i reached in and picked him up, all of the sudden he was animated. i was shocked, but relieved. now of the group of 6 that i got in, this was the only one to show signs of dehydration, and of that it was only very slight, so i went ahead with the showers and pedialyte. he's been eating and drinking, so in my mind he's improving, but im still working to get him to 100%. has anyone else ever seen any phantasticus just hang its tongue out? i saw him doing it a second time and actually got a pic, which ill upload in a second. jason, im wondering if by any chance you noticed anything like this out of him? does anyone have any possible explanations?

here he is, named him MJ after michael jordan for that tongue, only other possibility was gene, but im not a kiss fan!

hey mike i've seen this with two of my male males but they dont sleep like that only when i mist them with water maybe its cause hes thristy of just a thing he does hope i've helped

sorry mike for the mis print with male males and also one of my females does this when she drinks from the bowl and her tail usually folded inward maybe cause hes dehydrated as you said