Hi All,
Thanks for the patience, it's my first posting to this group. We have had a beardie for over 2 years, and he has outgrown his old aquarium tank that he came with. We got a huge enclosure, 4 feet by 2 feet by 2 feet. Set it up with a similar substrate (green carpet), all his old climbing/basking/hide features, plus put in new features for him to climb and bask on. For about a week he was quite active, climbing and acting like he wanted to get out, so I'd bring him out, let him run around, then put him away. After about a week, he went into his hide and has not come out. It's been about 2 weeks. I can hear him scratching in there, turning around, etc. He's not fully asleep. I'm a bit worried, as he's never gone into estivation in the summer before, just in winter. So I wonder if this is not really estivation, but perhaps he is stressed about the new enclosure, or is something else going on? What should I try? Should I take him out of his hide? Will he come out eventually when he's hungry? He ate well the first week he was in the new enclosure. But he obviously has not eaten since.
Thanks for any feedback.
Thanks for the patience, it's my first posting to this group. We have had a beardie for over 2 years, and he has outgrown his old aquarium tank that he came with. We got a huge enclosure, 4 feet by 2 feet by 2 feet. Set it up with a similar substrate (green carpet), all his old climbing/basking/hide features, plus put in new features for him to climb and bask on. For about a week he was quite active, climbing and acting like he wanted to get out, so I'd bring him out, let him run around, then put him away. After about a week, he went into his hide and has not come out. It's been about 2 weeks. I can hear him scratching in there, turning around, etc. He's not fully asleep. I'm a bit worried, as he's never gone into estivation in the summer before, just in winter. So I wonder if this is not really estivation, but perhaps he is stressed about the new enclosure, or is something else going on? What should I try? Should I take him out of his hide? Will he come out eventually when he's hungry? He ate well the first week he was in the new enclosure. But he obviously has not eaten since.
Thanks for any feedback.