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My daughter has had this Leopard Gecko in her room for over a year now. Under tank heater, and a heat rock inside. He came outside every night and just hung around. The past several weeks, I noticed he wasn't out anymore. So I decided to put him in the living room with the rest of my critters, I thought maybe he needed to be a little warmer. I check on him every night, he seems fine. He eats but he doesn't race to his food like he used to. Today I put a low heat bulb on his tank, temp went to low 80's. Is he okay do they "relax" for the winter?
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1 wood turtle
5 adult box turtles
2 baby box turtles
1 red ear slider
1 red eye tree frog
2 Dumpys
1 green tree frog
1 Grey Tree Frog
2 peepers
1 Veiled chameleon
1 Ring Necked Snake
1 gecko, 4 rabbits, 2 fish,2 hermit crabs, 2 kids, 1 husband
2 Weimaraners

Yes, many will brumate, or slow down significantly for the winter. I'm a little surprised that you have a UTH, heat rock, and a bulb, and temp is still in the low 80s? Doesn't sound right to me. Most of mine are fine w/ just a UTH
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1.0 Hypo stripe, Het Rainwater from JL (BJ)
1.0 HypoTang from Crested (Apricot)
1.0 Tremper Albino (Cloud)
0.2 Hi-Yellow Leopard gecko (Beatrice, Pepper)
0.1 Normal (Freckles)
0.1 SHCT Leopard Gecko (Brite)
0.1 Tangy Mutt Leopard Gecko (Rainbow)
0.1 Tremper Albino (Leucy)
RIP Peaches, Ghost, Bill
Hatched: ~25
Holdbacks: 1.0 SHCTB- nice surprise! and 0.1 jungle
Available:
1.0 SHCT, 0.0.1 aberrant m?, 0.0.1 pastel F?, 7 month male circleback tang

I only put the heat light on now just for these past two days to see if there was a change in his behaviour. Yes, he lasted these past years with just the UTH and rock. I will probably take away the light now that I know he is just slowing down.
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1 wood turtle
5 adult box turtles
2 baby box turtles
1 red ear slider
1 red eye tree frog
2 Dumpys
1 green tree frog
1 Grey Tree Frog
2 peepers
1 Veiled chameleon
1 Ring Necked Snake
1 gecko, 4 rabbits, 2 fish,2 hermit crabs, 2 kids, 1 husband
2 Weimaraners

he should be fine. just keep the water coming, dont drop below low 60s temp (gradually if you chose) and make sure he's not losing any significant weight. You can continue to offer food, but dont be surprised if goes a couple weeks of refusing food. As long as hes maintaining weight, chill and enjoy the reduced feeding schedule
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1.0 Hypo stripe, Het Rainwater from JL (BJ)
1.0 HypoTang from Crested (Apricot)
1.0 Tremper Albino (Cloud)
0.2 Hi-Yellow Leopard gecko (Beatrice, Pepper)
0.1 Normal (Freckles)
0.1 SHCT Leopard Gecko (Brite)
0.1 Tangy Mutt Leopard Gecko (Rainbow)
0.1 Tremper Albino (Leucy)
RIP Peaches, Ghost, Bill
Hatched: ~25
Holdbacks: 1.0 SHCTB- nice surprise! and 0.1 jungle
Available:
1.0 SHCT, 0.0.1 aberrant m?, 0.0.1 pastel F?, 7 month male circleback tang