nightanole
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5-6lb male red 3ft. First year i have owned him, 9-18 months of age.
Everything started well. Dropped room temps to 64f. Reduced lighting to less than 12 hours a day. Still gets 4 hours of mid day basking at 110f. Mid nov started refusing meat. End of nov stopped coming out of hide every day and started refusing fruits. However its been 3 weeks, and hes still coming out and basking for several hours a day. The problem is hes starting to get skinny. He hasnt ate in close to 6 weeks, but is still active, maybe running at half the normal activity level. With shrinking jowes, deflated rear legs, and losing the tail taper, i caved and offered food. He ate a good amount of fruit. The next day i offered his normal meat, but he refused.
You think this might just be a beardy slowdown winter and i should continue offering food? Im going to continue with the basking spot till he doesnt come out of his hide for a few weeks.
Everything started well. Dropped room temps to 64f. Reduced lighting to less than 12 hours a day. Still gets 4 hours of mid day basking at 110f. Mid nov started refusing meat. End of nov stopped coming out of hide every day and started refusing fruits. However its been 3 weeks, and hes still coming out and basking for several hours a day. The problem is hes starting to get skinny. He hasnt ate in close to 6 weeks, but is still active, maybe running at half the normal activity level. With shrinking jowes, deflated rear legs, and losing the tail taper, i caved and offered food. He ate a good amount of fruit. The next day i offered his normal meat, but he refused.
You think this might just be a beardy slowdown winter and i should continue offering food? Im going to continue with the basking spot till he doesnt come out of his hide for a few weeks.
