Possible Problems or new pet anxiety coming back?
So I noticed some things about Athena and I'm wondering if they could be possible problems or if I'm just getting worried because she didn't eat for me this week.
Cool side: 81 Warm side: 84 Hot spot: 91 Humidity: 49 (Temps have be fluxating slightly because of new england's definition of spring but she has always moved accordingly.) Had her for 8 months, age estimate 10-11 months. Last shed was 4 weeks ago, last fed on Easter Sunday (3 adult mice), and just noticed her belly is slightly pink when I took her out to take pics.
1: Athena has always looked and felt like a deflated water ballon, but thought nothing of it until recently when it was brought up in a post. I always assumed it was simply because she was young and had not built up all her muscle yet. I took some pics of the squishy little thing:
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Other than the squishyness she's fine. She alert, normal, flicking her tongue, no signs of RI and what not. She has always been growing faster length wise than girth wise.
2: She's been acting very weird, however it could just be the season? I've heard of males acting insane in spring, but not females. Basically, the day after I fed her, she would race around the tank and attempt to push the top off. She would go at this for a full 4-5 hours before tiring herself out. At first I thought it was because she was still hungry. (My supplier was all out of small rats this week so I had to feed her 3 large mice instead). However, when I went to feed her yesterday, she flat out refused. (Now she's back to normal and staying in her hide most of the time). Well, i say normal because thats how she acted all throughout the winter. During the summer and beginning of fall she was a little crazy like described above. Thats when I always took her out and gave her some floor time.
3. I also noticed that sometimes she twitches her head to the side. She does it once in a while, usually when I'm trying to offer food and she refuses. She just, tilts her head sideways i guess? I don't know if it's normal or something I should worry about.
Thanks for dealing with all my questions throughout these months guys.
Possible Problems or new pet anxiety coming back?
Pink belly could be coming into shed. That temps n all look good.
In the pictures I do not see anything wrong, but I'm not a trained eye.
Get a spray bottle for like 2 bucks at Wally World, spray the tank maybe once a day. The humidity might need to be up a little.
I think she is fine!!!
Re: Possible Problems or new pet anxiety coming back?
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Originally Posted by
BPro927
Pink belly could be coming into shed. That temps n all look good.
In the pictures I do not see anything wrong, but I'm not a trained eye.
Get a spray bottle for like 2 bucks at Wally World, spray the tank maybe once a day. The humidity might need to be up a little.
I think she is fine!!!
Oh yeah, I have no doubt that she's starting to go into shed. She's due. I was actually expecting it happen last week.
And for the humidity I have a small humidifier in the tank that I turn on when she's in shed. It gets it up to 70%. I use the humidifier because she is a total water-phobe. She freaks out when I spray the cage and she refuses to go near damp moss. (Don't get me started when I attempt to soak her).
But yeah, the humidifier acts just like a fogger and helps a lot.
Thanks for the reply, like I said, I'm probably worrying over nothing.
