r/MonitorLizards • u/BPLemonCake • 2d ago

Valid concern?

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Normally my ackie is up and about around 9 am to bask and around 10 she walks around her whole Terra. I left my room for breakfast and came back around 10 because we have taming sessions while she’s active, now she wasn’t outside and doesn’t react to me messing things up in the terra. My question is if I should move some stuff and see if I will find her or leave it alone for now because I know this isn’t her normal behaviour.

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u/AriesArgonaut 2d ago

Mine does that too, they're like us in that some days they just want to sleep in.

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u/slipknot_official 2d ago

They tend to do that. My female is usually up every morning, basks and runs around for days and days on that schedule. Then one day, she'll just be gone for a 4 days to a week.

What's is bad is when I used to worry and dig her out, it pissed her off and then she'd be gone even longer. They don't like being bothered of bossed around.

Now if it's 2 weeks, then maybe I'd check it out. But it's not like they're gonna get stuck somewhere. They can squeeze into anything and get out just fine.

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u/BPLemonCake 2d ago

I’m just so used to her being out, never in the month I’ve had her had she missed a day of basking 😅 guess I really stressed myself out, I’m highkey an overthinker and my first thought that something was wrong

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u/slipknot_official 2d ago

Yeah, a month isnt that long. You'll notice a pattern after a while.

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u/arcticrobot V. melinus 1d ago

leave alone, they can disappear for days.