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| Alves76 |
Posted - 22/03/2014 : 17:25:46
Just wondering what makes pet royals go into hibernation. If our RUBs or vivs are regulated with respect to heat and possibly even light, then what sets them off? Anyone know?
Just curious. |
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| coxcats |
Posted - 25/03/2014 : 09:46:27
2 of mine haven't eaten since October. Boris does come out though but mostly it's briefly. Ria hardly moves at all but she definitely doesn't hibernate. She is always awake when I poke her lol |
| hodgie |
Posted - 23/03/2014 : 09:39:22
I`ve been keeping Royals for 5 years now, and have never heard that they hibernate,
However when they go into a fast they tend to spend all their time in the warm end and become very inactive to save energy but definately don`t hibernate. |
| phlegmatical |
Posted - 23/03/2014 : 09:36:15
Maybe air pressures? |
| Alves76 |
Posted - 22/03/2014 : 21:55:17
Just had to edit my original post. Good grief, predictive text on a tablet can be annoying. I should proof read more though. |
| Alves76 |
Posted - 22/03/2014 : 21:52:46
I was thinking that perhaps some showed no signs of hibernation. I suppose if no artificial light is used they may detect the shorter days. |
| rustyp1974 |
Posted - 22/03/2014 : 19:19:52
Over the couple of winters that I've had mine they haven't shown any signs of hibernation. But they have been on & off food over the last couple of months but never actually gone on a fast as such. All temps & humidity remain the same as usual. |
| Kelfezond |
Posted - 22/03/2014 : 17:38:49
As far as I know mine don't hibernate. Sometimes I lower temperatures during breeding season but honestly I don't notice much behavior differences from mine all year round apart from in the winter where our house heating is on more and we get bad sheds from them drying out. |
