RainbowParty
02-11-2006, 03:07 PM
I've made 2 or 3 similar posts before, but nothing has changed so I keep coming back.
I got King Koopa back in October. I live in Ontario, Canada so shortly after I got him he went into hibernation mode. He generally comes out about 7am and will go back underground by around 9am. My main concern is the fact that I havn't actually seen him eat in well over a month, and he hasn't pood in over a week.. close to two. I offer him a variety of food (crix; superworms; turkey with egg, apple, and lettuce; and hoppers) He has never eaten the turkey, but on occasion I've seen him eat crickets and superworms. He use to eat mice and rats whenever I offered them to him, but that was for the few weeks before he started hibernating.
My temps are 110-115 basking, 80-85 ambient, with around 50% humidity. The enclosure is 4x1.5x1.5 with cypress mulch, a basking rock (just a regular big flat rock) and a hide box. I also have a 4' UV strip with 5.0 bulb. I'm pretty sure everything is as it should be.
Is Koopa's behaviour normal? I've been worrying about it for a few months, but it was just recently that he stopped going to the bathroom. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, or what I can do better. Help?
I got King Koopa back in October. I live in Ontario, Canada so shortly after I got him he went into hibernation mode. He generally comes out about 7am and will go back underground by around 9am. My main concern is the fact that I havn't actually seen him eat in well over a month, and he hasn't pood in over a week.. close to two. I offer him a variety of food (crix; superworms; turkey with egg, apple, and lettuce; and hoppers) He has never eaten the turkey, but on occasion I've seen him eat crickets and superworms. He use to eat mice and rats whenever I offered them to him, but that was for the few weeks before he started hibernating.
My temps are 110-115 basking, 80-85 ambient, with around 50% humidity. The enclosure is 4x1.5x1.5 with cypress mulch, a basking rock (just a regular big flat rock) and a hide box. I also have a 4' UV strip with 5.0 bulb. I'm pretty sure everything is as it should be.
Is Koopa's behaviour normal? I've been worrying about it for a few months, but it was just recently that he stopped going to the bathroom. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, or what I can do better. Help?