Hey guys!
So after posting on a thread about Dumeril's feeding habits, and talking about how my girl was a beast, she stopped eating. The very next feeding, she refused. It was like divine intervention pointing and saying "Ha! Stop bragging!" She's never refused before, but now she hasn't eaten in a month and has refused three separate times. She was on small rats, and after the first feeding refusal of a small rat, with her striking and hissing like she was afraid of it, I got her a rat pup. Much too small, but zero threat to her. Same response. And the same tonight. I open her tub and she tries to get away from it by squiggling up my arm. She shows no aggression toward me, just fear toward her food. Or perhaps defensiveness is more appropriate.
She is about 700g and three feet long. She's a little over a year old. Humidity is 50-55%, cool side temps are 78-80 and hot side 88-90. She's always been a power feeder. This is very strange. She just shed, so I thought maybe that had something to do with it, even though she normally eats in shed. I haven't been holding her to reduce stress on her until she eats again. She isn't losing weight yet or anything. I know they are different than BCIs, and more prone to fasts, but it's still weird that she'd shift from this voracious feeder to a regular refuser. :/ She is still producing urates and had her post shed BM. Should I calm down? My male BP is fasting right now too, but that's normal for him so I'm not worried. But her?
Any Dum owners with some experience with this that can offer insight? She's my baby...I'm just worried. All her other behaviors are still completely normal...except the feeding refusals. Help?
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