Cage Pushing

[Hapa_Haole]

So my BP has been cage pushing a lot for the last month and has stopped feeding as well. So far I've tried giving her a smaller hide, dropping the tub temps by a few degrees, covering the tub's top with a black shirt, and adding crumpled newspaper along with the small hide.

Background Info:
3+ old unsexed BP. Was a good feeder until this past winter. Went off feed for a 4-5 months, came back on for about 2 during the spring, and now she's off feed again and pushing.

Tubs Specs:
The same 32qt she's been in for almost 1.5 years, "medium" reptilebasics hidebox, small water bowl, hot side temp 88F (via temp gun) and cool side 79F, although during the day it probably rises since we turn our AC off while away.

Any more ideas?

Thanks,
Dennis

[tikigator]

I don't have any suggestions for you (except you may want to increase your 88 degree hot side to 90-91)....but I have a female pastel who has been doing this as well over the last week. I am baffled because she is in a 32Qt tub and she is trying to GET OUT. She is out of her hide 24/7 trying to poke her nose out of the top of the tub and I cannot figure out why. She's not hungry, she won't eat, her temps are 90-92 on the hot side and 80-82 on the cold side. She has a hide, etc just like yours but she is acting like she's trying to do a prison break. If I pull out the tub an inch, she is coming out and leaving! lol

I am interested to hear what others suggest for you.

[Hapa_Haole]

No one has any new ideas?

[tcutting]

Its strange given the age of the animal. Normally they do that much earlier and after about 2 years settle into a good grove.

The only reasons they tend to get restless like that is for food, fresh water, temp, humidity, or maybe thrown off by a breed cycle. But without another one present I seriously doubt the last one.

What are you feeding it now? are your doing a transition of food size, FT, live, something like that? and what happened first did it start pushing first or stop eating first?

[Hapa_Haole]

I remembered her getting a bit restless last year when the seasons changed and it got extremely hot out. I lowered the temps in her tub even more and she's settled down for the last couple of days. We'll see if it keeps up.

She became restless before she stopped eating, and she's been on f/t rats for almost her entire life.

Dennis

[tcutting]

So because the room you have them kept in isnt air conditioned or a "controlled" temperature it could likely be the cause. try to set them up in a place that has little to no fluctuations in temp so it is easier to control the cage's temps.

and temp "gun" i am guessing you mean the laser ones only do surface temps. get a simple air based thermometer. or http://www.reptilesupply.com/product...roducts_id=655 so you can get max/min readings and monitor it better.