I have a tegus girl.Im not sure wether she is a true black or white because her head is becoming reddish.Well she is around 4 or 5 years old and she hibernates between 8 to 9 months every year.She starts to look sleepy by mid january and she starts to wake up by end september. Thats normal?
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Tegus period of hibernation
Flavia Guimaraes
Jun 26, 2011 03:38 PM
Replies (3)
redlizard5
Jul 02, 2011 11:24 PM
Some sleep more than others .So its pretty much normal. Hows her weight and health?
Flavia Guimaraes
Jul 12, 2011 01:37 PM
Well she looks fine.Bright skin, round limbs.
Is there a way to prevent her from hibernating at all or at least preventing her from hibernating for so many months?
I have tried every trick in the book to wake her up.I gave her warm baths but she slept again inside the water. I turned on her uvb lights but she didnt pay attention to them and continued snoring.Today i put her hot box ( an wooden box with a bulb inside) inside her sleeping cage.Lets see what happens. She is sleeping since january!!!
redlizard5
Aug 08, 2011 11:39 AM
You don't want her to be keep a high metabolism during hibernation if she is in deep, Because she will literally starve to death in her sleep . Let her sleep she' will be one of those tegus that will live a very long time
