Tucker
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Hey y'all, just got my first Tegu from Rodney Irwin/TegusOnly.com. When I opened up the bag this morning he was pretty cold and not moving, I was almost worried he was dead but then I saw him breathing.
I took him to his enclosure and put him under the lamps, locked the door, and walked a way for a minute. When I came back he had gone to the cool side of his house and burrowed under his hide. Worried about his body temperature I uncovered him and put him in a bath of warm water. His eyes stay closed most of the time and he barely flicks his tongue. Doesn't seem interested in food or water either. All he wants to do is either rest on my shoulder or burrow under something. He's in his hide now burrowed under some mulch and an old stinky t-shirt of mine.
Could the drop in core temperature during shipping have caused him to go into brumation?
I took him to his enclosure and put him under the lamps, locked the door, and walked a way for a minute. When I came back he had gone to the cool side of his house and burrowed under his hide. Worried about his body temperature I uncovered him and put him in a bath of warm water. His eyes stay closed most of the time and he barely flicks his tongue. Doesn't seem interested in food or water either. All he wants to do is either rest on my shoulder or burrow under something. He's in his hide now burrowed under some mulch and an old stinky t-shirt of mine.
Could the drop in core temperature during shipping have caused him to go into brumation?