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Back in Feb, @Tom advised me to leave Chug in his fridge til at least March, which was exactly the best thing to do! We had a really cold spell that would have been a problem.
Anyway, I have been having health issues, and didn't want to bring him out until I was certain I could care for him, so I left him in the fridge until this past Wed.
I allowed him to warm as slowly as possible to room temp, gave him a slightly warm soak, and put him in his enclosure.
Since then, I have been warm water soaking for an hour each morning. He sleeps in his dogloo, suns himself in the morning, walks around a bit, then goes back to sleep.
So far I have not seen him drink, but there are bubbles from both ends in the soak. No sign of a URI, no interest in food...he just seems sleepy.
He was in the fridge 4 months, and lost 10 gms over that time. He is 1540 gms.
Do you all think he's ok, and just needs more time and warmer temps to perk up? Or should I be worried? My instincts tell me he's ok, but they've been wrong before...these are from today.
Oops, don't know why they're upside down!
Anyway, I have been having health issues, and didn't want to bring him out until I was certain I could care for him, so I left him in the fridge until this past Wed.
I allowed him to warm as slowly as possible to room temp, gave him a slightly warm soak, and put him in his enclosure.
Since then, I have been warm water soaking for an hour each morning. He sleeps in his dogloo, suns himself in the morning, walks around a bit, then goes back to sleep.
So far I have not seen him drink, but there are bubbles from both ends in the soak. No sign of a URI, no interest in food...he just seems sleepy.
He was in the fridge 4 months, and lost 10 gms over that time. He is 1540 gms.
Do you all think he's ok, and just needs more time and warmer temps to perk up? Or should I be worried? My instincts tell me he's ok, but they've been wrong before...these are from today.
Oops, don't know why they're upside down!