All three of my Russians are adult rescues but I'm noticing a difference between two of them and the third as autumn deepens.
The days outside are getting colder and shorter, but I'm keeping the light cycle and thermostats the same inside, which is where they all are almost exclusively, now that summer is done.
Chili and Wilhelmina lived with families for years before they came to live with me and seem to be equally awake and active and eating now as a month ago.
Persephone, who was found in a park in Virginia, seems to be shutting down despite conditions in her enclosure being constant, and the same as those in the other two enclosures. She seems to want to brumate.
I wonder if she lived out in the world long enough to adjust her chronobiology semi-permanently, and that's why she's shutting down despite a 12/12 light cycle and temps of 65° to 95° (like all year long).
Jamie
The days outside are getting colder and shorter, but I'm keeping the light cycle and thermostats the same inside, which is where they all are almost exclusively, now that summer is done.
Chili and Wilhelmina lived with families for years before they came to live with me and seem to be equally awake and active and eating now as a month ago.
Persephone, who was found in a park in Virginia, seems to be shutting down despite conditions in her enclosure being constant, and the same as those in the other two enclosures. She seems to want to brumate.
I wonder if she lived out in the world long enough to adjust her chronobiology semi-permanently, and that's why she's shutting down despite a 12/12 light cycle and temps of 65° to 95° (like all year long).
Jamie