We've had our Russian for a month and a half, and are 1st time reptile owners. He is in a much smaller enclosure then we'd like, because we had planned to bring home a baby that day, and ended up with an adult. We figured we would have plenty of time to design what we wanted our enclosure to look like and where to put it and what not, but obviously not: we researched, designed, had proofed by someone who knew how to build, revised, and finally have placed the order for supplies.
The problem is now he has started sleeping in a funny position with his legs twisted at odd angles, and tonight he didn't even crawl into his hide to sleep, he just stayed asleep under his lamp which has since turned off for the night. He is still eating ok.
We figure he is unhappy in his enclosure since he spends time trying to get out. We do take him outside for a little about once a week and keep a close eye on him.
The other possible factor is we have been feeding him a few dandelions from the yard, but don't have many, and our neighbor just told us that she treated our yard with weed killer in the spring and never told us. Might this have hurt him? The rest of his diet is a wide variety of store bought greens.
Is his behavior unusual, or is he just responding to the heat? (Our AC is broken)
Should we be worried?
Sorry for the excessive detail, but I feel like the first thing everyone asks is about the enclosure.
The problem is now he has started sleeping in a funny position with his legs twisted at odd angles, and tonight he didn't even crawl into his hide to sleep, he just stayed asleep under his lamp which has since turned off for the night. He is still eating ok.
We figure he is unhappy in his enclosure since he spends time trying to get out. We do take him outside for a little about once a week and keep a close eye on him.
The other possible factor is we have been feeding him a few dandelions from the yard, but don't have many, and our neighbor just told us that she treated our yard with weed killer in the spring and never told us. Might this have hurt him? The rest of his diet is a wide variety of store bought greens.
Is his behavior unusual, or is he just responding to the heat? (Our AC is broken)
Should we be worried?
Sorry for the excessive detail, but I feel like the first thing everyone asks is about the enclosure.