Brumation Question

[parapara]

I've had a female tegu for a few years. In the past I've had some tunnel style hides in her enclosure, but this year I upgraded her enclosure and her hides to provide a larger more enclosed area. I think the tunnel style hides may have let more light in and kept her from going into full brumation, because she usually slowed down a lot during the winter, but I don't remember her shutting down completely for months at a time. I know she brumated before we had her, and this year, with the new hide, she's definitely decided to take a long nap this winter. The thing is, because she doesnt usually go full brumation, I kept offering her food even after she stopped eating it. It's been a couple months (I think she went down in October, but if I'm being honest I'm really bad at remembering when things happened, so it could have been any time between late September and early November), and I'm getting anxious that she might have eaten something before she went down for the season (even though I remember throwing out full plates of food for weeks before she disappeared). Is there any way for me to confirm she's having a healthy brumation or anything I could look for to let me know there's a problem?

 

[TheTeguNovice]

I don't know if this helps but to check in on both of my tegu's for brumation. I would unblock their hide entrance and within an hour I would see them block it back up. You can also simply uncover a portion of their abdomen to make sure there breathing. If they wake up they may drink some water but tend to go back down. My female went down early September and just this week woke up.