Cool observation!

[Dirkthejerk41]

Hi everyone, my Colombian tegu, Antonis, has usually only been up for about 2 hours a day since I got him 3 weeks ago. However, yesterday he was up for 5 hours, and I came home from work today to find him awake still after being up for 7 hours! I'm very happy about this as it is hard to spend time with him sleeping all the time. Do you think this could be attributed to the weather starting to warm up again here in Texas, or do you think maybe he is getting more comfortable in his new home?

 

[iiLOVExTEGUS]

Hi everyone, my Colombian tegu, Antonis, has usually only been up for about 2 hours a day since I got him 3 weeks ago. However, yesterday he was up for 5 hours, and I came home from work today to find him awake still after being up for 7 hours! I'm very happy about this as it is hard to spend time with him sleeping all the time. Do you think this could be attributed to the weather starting to warm up again here in Texas, or do you think maybe he is getting more comfortable in his new home?

Where in tx are you

 

[Dirkthejerk41]

North Texas

 

[iiLOVExTEGUS]

North Texas

Oh cool I'm from Austin

 

[Deac77]

I'm from Lubbock Texas and I honestly think its a combo of both

 

[Dirkthejerk41]

Okay awesome. It was really beginning to bore me, the whole being awake only 2 hours thing, but i like this much more

 

[Jordansmith8301]

I'm from Lubbock Texas and I honestly think its a combo of both

I'm from Lubbock as well! Also new to the forum.

 

[Dirkthejerk41]

soo anyone else have any comments on this??

 

[HeatherN]

i agree in that it's probably a combo of both. most herps i've owned seem to have that period where they hide most of the day, then come out for the bare minimum of heat they need per day. i've read about some people bringing home their tegus only to have them go straight into brumation for months! if he is in any way exposed to some factors from the outside environment that would indicate the seasons, they are quite attuned to those cues. it could be sun from the window, the temp of the room fluctuating with the outside temp, that kinda stuff.

grats on finally getting to see your guy! it was awesome having my guy wake up after a rather short brumation. and he woke up ravenous!

 

[Dirkthejerk41]

Today when I got home from practice at 9 he was still up! he went to bed at about 2 right before I went to work but when I got home there he was! very cool.