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minno · Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 10:57 pm Post subject: strange sleeping

the strangest thing was found this morning... my male usually sleeps in the front corner behind the thermostat, but upon waking him 2 do the weekly tank spotclean i found him curled in a ball and had dug himself into the peat so basically buried himself underground, is that usual or is he just a bit of a freak?

ToonTomH · Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 11:06 pm Post subject:

They tend to go somewhere else if they've been disturbed in their normal sleeping space.

Also burying themselves isn't an odd thing to do either, mine has done that as well and I have heard of others doing it.
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minno · Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 11:20 pm Post subject:

never seen him sleep anywhere other than that corner, tbh i think he might b attracted to the slight buzzing that comes from it, was just strange tht i found him bout a centermeter below the surface level, he was freezin cold aswell lol seems fine now hes back in teh viv tho,

Exalted Gecko · Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 1:01 pm Post subject:

Normal crestie behaviour, as long as it doesnt happen all the time its not a problem.
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ben_gecko · Key Member Joined: 03 Apr 2007 Posts: 215 Location: London

one of my males used to bury himself in the females nesting box, so i changed it to vermic. and he doesnt bother anymore.
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Xx_JoJo_xX · Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 6:55 pm Post subject:

I have a small stone hide in the tank which Spud seems to go into around the time of shedding.. I think coz its more humid in there.. but the soil stuff is packed too tight for her to bury in it I think lol
Maybe your male is coming up to shed?
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minno · Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 3:42 am Post subject:

hehe well he aint done it since, and i pack my peat really down so they cant dig or anything, and he shed bout 2 weeks ago so how often do they shed? hes an adult before anybody asks lol

Xx_JoJo_xX · Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 2:42 pm Post subject:

Eep... not sure about how often adults shed as Spud is my oldest and is only 7 months old.. she sheds about once every month though.. I assume that unless adults shed at the same pace as juvies that they slow down as they get older coz of the decreased growth rate..... maybe Leo was just having an odd day Razz

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