Hey all,

My 3-year old female normal has refused food for two weeks in a row. She eats live, and normally does it in her habitat with no problems. She came from a house where she was not fed enough (she was getting a small rat every three weeks) and I started feeding her a medium once a week. She fed for three weks in a row, had a great shed, and is now refusing food. Moreover, she is acting like she is actually scared of the rat. She flinches away from it if they ever get too close (nose to nose). I realize that fasts are not necessarily a big deal. She is really active at night and is not displaying any outwardly visible problems, however, I just want to make sure I'm not missing anything. She's my first and I don't want to screw this up. The only other thing I wanted to mention is that the room that her tank is in now contains an open-top guinea pig cage with two guinea pigs in it. I'm sure she can smell them. Would it throw her off at all as far as feeding is concerned?