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Hi all,
It has been a long time since posting, mostly because Journey's 2nd year with us was pretty easy. All the uncertainties and questions of the first year were no problem this past year.
I do have a question though:
Around November, Journey became very lethargic, which I assumed was his attempt to start hibernating. I remember last fall he was the same way. We got into the habit of pulling him out for breakfast each morning, and like last fall he snapped out of it and went back to normal. The last two weeks, though, the opposite happened: He has suddenly become SUPER active!!
By Super active, I mean good things - like being up before we are ready to eat, and also making an appearance in the evening. He's mostly content, just walking around, stretching his neck looking here and there, climbing over his log home, and burying himself in the bedding when he's through. The only downside to this is he's been waking us up extremely early these last couple of weekends! In all his walking around, his shell bangs the glass of the terrarium so we here this knocking sound all morning long. We don't have the room for a proper tort table, but the glass enclosure is large with plenty of room to walk around, climb, bask, bury, etc. But for some reason he feels the need to walk along the edge of the enclosure where his shell can bang on the glass along the way. The little guy has robbed us of much needed sleep! That aside, we're glad to see him so active.
So here's the question - does his sudden burst of energy have to do with not hibernating? He usually only gets this way in the spring time, perhaps tied to his biological clock. He has proper lighting and temperature, so I am surprised if he is sensing changes outdoors when he only has one little window in his room. But I am very curious where this energy is coming from. We feed him in the morning, usually red leaf lettuce and a tiny bit of collard greens, and at night when he's out again I usually sneak him a small snack of red leaf. I very much want to get out to Wegman's to buy him some dandelion and other variety, but since we moved away from our nearest Whole Foods the choices of greens have been slim. Even with the extra feeding, though, his weight has dropped a little, from about 420g in the summer to about 380 right now. This drop seems consistent with the past two winters, but this amount of energy is new.
Does anyone else have a similar experience with bursts of energy from their little ones?
Thanks!
It has been a long time since posting, mostly because Journey's 2nd year with us was pretty easy. All the uncertainties and questions of the first year were no problem this past year.
I do have a question though:
Around November, Journey became very lethargic, which I assumed was his attempt to start hibernating. I remember last fall he was the same way. We got into the habit of pulling him out for breakfast each morning, and like last fall he snapped out of it and went back to normal. The last two weeks, though, the opposite happened: He has suddenly become SUPER active!!
By Super active, I mean good things - like being up before we are ready to eat, and also making an appearance in the evening. He's mostly content, just walking around, stretching his neck looking here and there, climbing over his log home, and burying himself in the bedding when he's through. The only downside to this is he's been waking us up extremely early these last couple of weekends! In all his walking around, his shell bangs the glass of the terrarium so we here this knocking sound all morning long. We don't have the room for a proper tort table, but the glass enclosure is large with plenty of room to walk around, climb, bask, bury, etc. But for some reason he feels the need to walk along the edge of the enclosure where his shell can bang on the glass along the way. The little guy has robbed us of much needed sleep! That aside, we're glad to see him so active.
So here's the question - does his sudden burst of energy have to do with not hibernating? He usually only gets this way in the spring time, perhaps tied to his biological clock. He has proper lighting and temperature, so I am surprised if he is sensing changes outdoors when he only has one little window in his room. But I am very curious where this energy is coming from. We feed him in the morning, usually red leaf lettuce and a tiny bit of collard greens, and at night when he's out again I usually sneak him a small snack of red leaf. I very much want to get out to Wegman's to buy him some dandelion and other variety, but since we moved away from our nearest Whole Foods the choices of greens have been slim. Even with the extra feeding, though, his weight has dropped a little, from about 420g in the summer to about 380 right now. This drop seems consistent with the past two winters, but this amount of energy is new.
Does anyone else have a similar experience with bursts of energy from their little ones?
Thanks!