My 8 year old Argentine black and white tegu has decided to brumate early. He showed the signs of winter slowdown very early this year, despite the weather being very hot and heat lamps everything still turned on. I have owned him long enough to know that this is normal, just early this year.
It didn't strike me that it was brumation leading to his slowdown and I thought he was sick, but after some vet visits and tests etc. the vet has confirmed that there is indeed nothing wrong with him, but did not mention brumation as a possibility.
My issue is that he has eaten food regularly up to this point, before it struck me that he was brumating, so there is food in him. He has not passed feces since the last feeding (a rat and some fruits), nor is be basking. I know if he basks he it will help him digest and pass feces but he refuses to bask even if I put him in the basking spot, he walks away after 5 minutes.
He is still willing to eat just less than usual.
I don't even know if I should feed him or not or just leave him alone, or soak him and try to make him poo etc. It has been long said that you should not let a tegu brumate with food in him but also, on this forum as well, I was told that it is not such a big deal as it is made out to be.
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