Over the last 2-3 weeks my Russian waffles back and forth on activity levels. Some days he seems normal, other days I feel like he's saying he really wants to brumate. Yesterday after soaking I put him outside (beautiful sunny 70s day) and he went into his deepest burrow and hunkered down all day. I dug him out and put him him into his "inside/night box" around 3pm, and he went and sat under the lights and heat lamp until the lights turned off at 7, and then he stayed on the basking rock all night and slept there (never did that before, he always would go into his burrow, never spending the night "out in the open"). Today the lights came on at 7, and he also didn't move away. I gave him a soak around 7:30, put him back in his box and he spent an hour or so under the lights/heat lamp, and then went into the hide to hunker down. No eating yesterday at all, or today so far (tho its early yet).
I don't mind him slowing down, but I don't plan on brumating him so do I need to do more to "actively" wake him up during the day, or should I let him sleep during the day if he wants? The temps in his inside box are 70s at night, high 70s/low 80s ambient during the day, and basking area 95ish.
Thoughts/advice?
I don't mind him slowing down, but I don't plan on brumating him so do I need to do more to "actively" wake him up during the day, or should I let him sleep during the day if he wants? The temps in his inside box are 70s at night, high 70s/low 80s ambient during the day, and basking area 95ish.
Thoughts/advice?