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[Ailurus]

my Rankins Dragon has not moved at all for at least a month and a half, at the most 2. he just sits in the cold end of his viv curled up in the corner. I have not seen him eat or poo. When i add crickets he just watches and closes his eyes. should i be worried?
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Tom

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[minno]

sounds like brumination from what iv read on here anyway

[Ailurus]

yeh that is what i was thinking. how long will it last? or do i have to wake him up?
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Tom

Snakes: :Pantherophis: :Coelognathus: :Lampropeltis: :Heterodon: :Antaresia:
Lizards: :Rhacodactylus: :Pogona: :Goniurosaurus:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Ailurus27

[minno]

if i remmeber rightly they get them self outa it, just get him out every now n then, give him a health check ect, sure he will be fine, have a read of this, seems useful;

RUMINATION

Brumination is allowing your animals a ‘cool time’ to mimic their natural seasonal reproduction cycles, you may hear it called ‘cycling’ or ‘cooling’. Basically it is a period of time that you lower the temperature in your animals enclosure to mimic or induce winter. I am not going to recommend times or temperatures for this purpose as my animals cycle themselves, they take themselves off to the ‘cool end’ and lie dormant buried under the substrate for 4-6 weeks. During that time, I get them out once a week and check them over.

from http://www.hognose.co.uk/9.html

[alastair]

what are the temps in your viv? my beardies are still running around as though it was summer, despite the night time temperature dropping a bit. have kept the temp up during the day and they are still very active
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