Anthony Horton · @spacelizard
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The lizard has been getting a bit more active again recently. He may have decided that winter is ending and it's time to stop brumating. I'll try feeding him a proper meal this weekend, I think.
(The plot is from the temperature sensors I set up inside his enclosure. The "temperature-basking" line is from an infrared thermometer pointing at the middle of his basking rock directly below the heat lamp, and the dips indicate that a relatively cool lizard has moved onto the rock to bask. I use the number of dips per day as a proxy for activity levels).
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Anthony Horton · @spacelizard
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Refresh of Jerry's enclosure with some new plants. The two new Dianellas at the back are a bit too short to see from the front right now, but I'm loving the new Nephrolepis cordifolia fern.
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Anthony Horton · @spacelizard
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Happy World Lizard Day to those who celebrate.
Jerry is currently brumating so here's an old photo from his 1st birthday. He'll be 3 years old in December.
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Anthony Horton · @spacelizard
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A bit later while having roaming time he paused to make use of my hand warmth.
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Anthony Horton · @spacelizard
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I'm getting judgemental looks for having watered (close to) the lizard again.
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Anthony Horton · @spacelizard
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Came home to find Jerry out and about for the first time in at least 5 days. He spent almost a week under the rock at the cool end of his enclosure until, according to the temperature sensors, coming out to do some basking about 3 pm this afternoon.
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Anthony Horton · @spacelizard
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It's hard to maintain your dignity when the hooman is balancing blueberries on your head.
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Anthony Horton · @spacelizard
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My blue tongue may be pretty big for a lizard but he's still a small animal, so it is slightly startling when I hear him sneeze, from the far side of the room, while he's hiding under his rock, in an otherwise quiet and dark house.
Unrelated pic for interest.
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Anthony Horton · @spacelizard
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Pleasantly surprised to find the long boi out and about when I got home.
He seems to be in good shape, and was OK with being handled for a few minutes.
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Anthony Horton · @spacelizard
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First time I've seen Jerry for a while, but I do know from the temperature sensors that he's been briefly emerging from brumation every few days to have a drink and a bask.
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Anthony Horton · @spacelizard
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The chonkiest blue tongue skink ever: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-14/giant-skink-dubbed-mega-chonk-discovered/102476962
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Anthony Horton · @spacelizard
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"If I stay very still maybe they won't see me."
Jerry was apparently quite active while we were all out today and got "caught" out in the open when we came home. He responded by freezing in this position while I looked straight at him, talked to him, opened his enclosure and put some food in his bowl.
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Anthony Horton · @spacelizard
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Oh, he's finally moved. That dip in the basking spot temperature readings means that a cold lizard has moved under the infrared temperature sensor that I set up.
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Anthony Horton · @spacelizard
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He's been "hiding" in this position for a few days now.
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Anthony Horton · @spacelizard
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He's using his ledge!
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Anthony Horton · @spacelizard
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He's not moved an awful lot since yesterday...
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Anthony Horton · @spacelizard
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Sleeping through the "cold" weather. Jerry has spent the past few days snoozing in his cool end hide, I think he's brumating for real now.
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Anthony Horton · @spacelizard
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Jerry has come out of hiding and returned to normal levels of activity this week. I guess he's decided that it's not winter just yet after all.
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Anthony Horton · @spacelizard
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It's that time of year again, already. The scaly croissant has decided that it's near enough winter and it's time for him to brumate. I haven't changed his daytime temperatures and I've barely changed his lighting and heating hours, but apparently just the seasonal drop in average overnight temperatures inside our house is enough to trigger his brumation instinct.
As far as I can tell he hasn't come out from his warm end hide under his basking rock for over a week. I briefly lifted up the rock to check on him and he just stared back at me. He looked very comfy where he was so I didn't disturb him further. If he stays under another week I will get him out to quickly check that he's well and isn't losing too much weight, but a healthy blue tongue can easily go several months without food when dormant like this.
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