Gunna Start going crazy! Help?!

Ok so most of you know my little Girl Freyja has not eaten in about 25 days now. She is also developing some weird brown spot under her chin.

For the eating situation. I have tried feeding her ever suitable size Frozen Thawed to no success. I then moved her to a smaller tub and she still wouldnt take a F/T. So I got her a Live Rat Pinky. Put it in with her last night and put a piece of cardboard in front of the tub to make it pitch black. I wake up this morning and the rat is still alive. She weighs 45 grams!!!! She was at 57 grams when I got her. She is drinking and urinating just fine. Her tubs temps are all perfect dead on. Humidity and everything else is perfect too. She neeeeds to eat! I have even made my hands smell like rat and held her to try to get some kind of feeding response out of her and she wont even bite me lol.

Now for the brown spot situation. I have already posted about it and got very little help. But she has a brown spot under her chin that I have no idea to what it is. She also has lifting scales in random spots and even one of her belly scales is raising and turning brown.

These are the only pictures I can get :

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http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/...achnids/f5.png
http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/...achnids/f2.png
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They are crappy shots but I have tried to get decent ones but I cant.

I am seriously going crazy worrying about her.

I have betadine now but I was told I should hold off on putting betadine on the brown spots till she eats. I dont know what to do.... Help....

I think people told you this before... have you been to the vet yet?

I'd also would have tried a live hopper mouse over a rat pinkie. Rat pinkies don't move much, and they don't really stimulate their curiosity instincts like hoppers do. As for the spot, I've got nothing. If it's gotten worse than you've seen it I'd see a vet.

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No I havent. I didnt think it was serious enough to go to a vet over.

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Well, it seems to be pretty serious. Go to the vet. The issue could be related to her not eating in which case you want to fix it as fast as possible.

Well another update :

She still has not eaten. I have tried a mouse pinky and still wont take it. I would try a live mouse hopper like LGrey said but they are way to big for her. I have been recommended to try braining a f/t or a F/K anyone think that will work? Also I would try ASF but I cant get any in the town I am in.

As for the brown spots I got the betadine and have been applying twice daily for the last 3 days. If things dont start looking better by monday I will make an appointment with the vet.

I had a pair of difficult hatchlings. Let me see.... Have you tried putting her and a live rat pinkie in a small brown paper bag like a lunch bag? Fold the bag shut, staple it once, and leave her overnight. Also try putting her in a very small tub like a butter tub overnight with her food. The idea is she cannot get away from the prey item. I think sometimes they eat more from aggravation than hunger. And despite how huge a mouse hopper seems compared to her, trust me she can eat one.

Some people have success dipping the prey in chicken broth or tuna broth before leaving it overnight. You can also try scenting the prey with gerbil or hamster bedding if you can get some.

None of these things worked for me. I ended up having to force feed both hatchlings. One eventually caught on and did fantastic. One never did catch on, and you can guess the end result of not eating.

I wish you and your baby all the best. Just keep trying, in a solid 98% of cases, the baby will eventually eat on it's own.

Gale

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Originally Posted by LGray23

I'd also would have tried a live hopper mouse over a rat pinkie. Rat pinkies don't move much, and they don't really stimulate their curiosity instincts like hoppers do. As for the spot, I've got nothing. If it's gotten worse than you've seen it I'd see a vet.

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Thanks angllady2,

I have tried the leaving her in a small container trick with no results. I will try the chicken broth trick. Now is that with a live or f/t?

I might have to force feed her sooner then later but the thing that ticks me off is that I bought her at a reptile expo and I have contacted the person I bought it from and they said she was eating F/K no problem. I dont know why she wont take a live.

She has also dropped another 2 grams. now down to 43 grams.

Wrong focus here IMO.

1) 25 days is not long at all for BP to not eat.

2) V-E-T ASAP