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Anyone know roughly when tegus wake up from a summer hibernation?
jdpFL said:New 2 tegus....we thought the same thing, ours didn't come out for a couple of days, then all of a sudden was back up daily. Maybe just slowing down some, but not ready to hibernate? Best thing to do is keep all conditions the same, lights, heat, etc. for a couple weeks even if they don't come out. That way if they come out to bask and digest, the temps will be right. From what I've read....the way you get in trouble is by turning everything off, they come out to digest and warm up, and no heat! That's how you can have the food rot in the stomach and turn hibernation into a permanent nap. This is our first time with hibernation, so just trying to read all I can! That, and let the tegu show us what to do, I assume he knows. Lol.