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RE: I think we might be all brumating

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Posted by: JackAsp at Wed Jan 20 01:08:57 2010  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by JackAsp ]  
   

Mine are all up. The adults went through a lazy period when I had to make sure to wake up early and take care of them during the only window of opportunity during which they'd be hungry, but now all three of them are voraciously hyper.

Cesar, my biggest juvenile, slowed down a bit. Not all the time, but often. I'm not sure if it's because it's his first winter or if it's just that he's pretty much an adult now. Some days he doesn't want crickets, but he eats like a pig as long as I have small hornworms. Or supers, but he's plump enough that I feel safe letting him eat less now and then rather than constantly shovelling superworms into him.

Nino, my runt, was active and eating when I had him in a 29 but he was getting increasingly stir-crazy. So a week ago I moved him into a 55 I had empty. Since the switch, he's acted less crazy, whatever that's worth, but it was 5 days before he started eating at ALL, as far as I could determine. There might have been hydration issues right after the switch, since a few days ago I gave him a half hour bath and right afterwards he ate several mealworms and at least one cricket, and I believe yesterday he ate at least one cricket and a superworm. He isn't starved-looking yet, but since all my others eat so much I can't say I'm actually satisfied with how this winter is playing out for him. Tomorrow will be my first day off since the switch, so maybe being able to watch his routine longer will help figure things out.
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0.1 2006 Western Hognose (Bebe)
0.1 age unknown Cane Toad (Hengo)
0.1 2005 White-Banded Sheen Skink (Minerva)
1.0 2006 Northern Diamondback Terrapin (Queequeg)
1.0 2006 Madagascan Speckled "Hognose" (Sigmund)
1.0 2008 Bullsnake (Winkle)
1.2 2008 Eastern Collared Lizards (Pancho, Lupe, and Chica)
2.0 2009 Eastern Collared Lizards (Cesar and Nino)


   

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