Odonata
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Shadow started hibernating at the end of October. I disturbed him briefly in March when I wanted to check on him, after which he went back to sleep.
For the last two weeks he has been coming out daily, though I have rarely seen him. He is eating every day and two days ago the enclosure was full of shed skin. He has been very skittish. Every time I would see him out he would immediately hit the dirt and dig himself out of sight. I was a little disappointed thinking that the entire taming process would need to start again from scratch. Prior to him going down he was very tame and would come out daily to socialize and explore.
This morning while hanging out with our bearded dragons Shadow came out and stayed out. While I was bathing the dragons, Shadow saw me walk by, reared up on his back legs (something he used to do when he wanted attention or out) and then climbed straight up my arm when I offered it. He immediately seemed like his old self, hanging out on my shoulder in the sun and very calm. I gave him a bath and he spent the next couple of hours out before deciding to find a heating vent to lay on and sleep (I put him back in his enclosure at that point).
I just thought I would share as this seemed very interesting to me. It is good to have the old Shadow back.
For the last two weeks he has been coming out daily, though I have rarely seen him. He is eating every day and two days ago the enclosure was full of shed skin. He has been very skittish. Every time I would see him out he would immediately hit the dirt and dig himself out of sight. I was a little disappointed thinking that the entire taming process would need to start again from scratch. Prior to him going down he was very tame and would come out daily to socialize and explore.
This morning while hanging out with our bearded dragons Shadow came out and stayed out. While I was bathing the dragons, Shadow saw me walk by, reared up on his back legs (something he used to do when he wanted attention or out) and then climbed straight up my arm when I offered it. He immediately seemed like his old self, hanging out on my shoulder in the sun and very calm. I gave him a bath and he spent the next couple of hours out before deciding to find a heating vent to lay on and sleep (I put him back in his enclosure at that point).
I just thought I would share as this seemed very interesting to me. It is good to have the old Shadow back.