I have had one of my females since mid-February and have yet to see her eat. Not all together too alarming, except for the recent rapid weight loss. She was 560g when she came to me. She's now at 440g - a drop that's happened in the last month and a half alone with no more than a few urates for waste (she was 548 in mid-April). Just took her in to the vet, who actually suggested she may be partially blind. I don't disagree, but I'm not convinced yet. While her reactions to motion can be nonexistent at times, other times she reacts like a normal ball to sudden movement. The vet thinks it's time to start assist feeding. Before I go ahead and do that with her, I'd like to see what other ideas you all might have from your experience. I only had to assist once with a little rescue girl who had no idea what eating was, so there was no question it was time to take action.

I saw another thread where the OP recommended leaving a smaller live prey item in with them and walking away. I haven't done this yet as any live prey thus far has scared the crap out of her. I'm willing to try this, though, as I've tried everything else at this point. If she does have any loss of sight, then this would help her focus more on smell and heat on her own time without me shaking a dead thing around! Thoughts? Other suggestions? Set up is standard, heat tape w/ Herpstat at 90 and temp gun reading average 88. Humidity 53%, RBI hide, paper towel substrate.

Thanks guys! I just want to get something in her