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Post by chrisd on Mar 25, 2012 18:31:33 GMT
Hi all,
Things are warming up here in York. We've had a good few weeks of warm weather, especially the last few days which have been very warm and sunny. All my male and female Bill and Viridis are up and out and feeding but I'm still waiting for a large female Exigua and a small male to surface. Is this usual ?? I know that females are late to come out but should I wait or dig them out to see if they are ok ??
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Post by viridis on Mar 26, 2012 11:50:55 GMT
I would be tempted to leave them.If they are dead they are dead and if they are alive they will emerge at some point.It is tempting to dig around.
I have been thinking about this with a few of mine,I have two female strigata still hibernating and a female bilineata.Please remember that its still cold at night,we had a frost here this morning.Hopefully they will emerge in time.
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Post by viridis on Mar 28, 2012 11:36:14 GMT
Any sign Chris?
My male strigata only surfaced on Monday and I am still awaiting the females.These lizards have been hibernated outdoors for the first time this winter and the male is a vibrant green.I would imagine that they come from similar areas to your exigua so they probably have longer more severe winters than the northern European lizards.Therefore I would expect them to hibernate for longer.
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Post by chrisd on Mar 28, 2012 19:51:00 GMT
Thats what I thought Viridis. A few years ago she didn't surface until April, but I can't remember what the weather was like then. Two years ago with the severe weather that we had she surfaced in March. I'm wondering that with the mild Autumn that we've had she may hibernate later and may need a certain amount of time in hibernation before she surfaces again. But it's still strange that the very warm days that we've had recently hasn't coaxed her out. The male has been out for a good while and has shed into his breeding colours. I'm very tempted to have a look around in the cage in the next few days if nothing has happened. She is very old though, I purchased her in 2002 and she was fully grown then.
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