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Savannah attitude change?
Its been a while but if anyone was wondering, my Sav, Miles, has been doing really well and growing like a weed. He's about 16-17 inches long now and three days ago I moved him from his temporary baby home/QT 20gal breeder tank to a 6x2 custom enclosure (I'll upgrade him to something like an 8x4 once he outgrows this one). He's got about 8 inches of eco-earth substrate, 2 hides, a sturdy branch to climb on, a built-in utility sink for soaking and drinking, he's got 2 basking spots, I keep one spot at 98-100 and the other at 140-145, the ambients are 85-90 and the humidity is 60%. His diet is adult dubia roaches, large superworms, large crickets (I dust those with calcium, he likes to chase them), whole shellfish (usually shrimp), and the very very occasional treat of some hardboiled egg whites.
Since he's moved his attitude has seemed to have changed oddly, he still eats fine and digs and basks like usual but it seems almost like he's become a "teenager"? He sleeps late, hours after his lights have come on, and stays up late after his lights have gone off. He also seems really uninterested in his new, bigger hide, instead he continues to wedge himself into his old hide that I put in his new enclosure so that is wasn't completely foregin to him. Should I take the smaller hide away? I'm worried about him getting stuck.
His attitude towards me has also changed slightly, before the move he was very social, always coming out to butt his head against my hands while I was changing his water now he seems just a little...off, I don't know how else to explain it, he isn't defensive, biting or tail whipping or anything...Does he just need time to adjust like he did when I first got him?
Any advice for me? Is this normal for juvenile savs? I don't want to cause any un-needed stress on my little dinosaur.
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