Hello all,

I have had my male, normal, bp Buddy for about a year and one month now, and his behavior recently has caused me serious concern. For the past couple of weeks he has been constantly wandering around his cage pushing at its edges trying to get out. And when I say pushing, I could literally see his body shake from the pressure he is exerting onto his head against the plexiglass. However, today when I went to check on him, we was on his side in his hide and not moving, and when I got into his cage to pick him up, he was limp and didn't move. I honestly thought he was dead. He did come to, but he seems extremely week and feeble and it is absolutely terrifying me.

I offer him a medium sized rat once a week, except he hasn't taken them for the past 2 weeks. He sheds regularly, as well as uses the bathroom regularly. He currently lives in a 2ft by 2ft, wooden enclosure, that has a UTH heating source on one side. I use around a half-inch of cypress mulch as bedding, and he has 2, snug, and identical hides on his warm side and cool side. His warm side is around 90 and the cool side around 80 and I use an acurite electric thermometer from walmart to measure the temps as well as humidity. Being summertime in Houston, TX, the humidity percentage usually measures in the 70's. Buddy is a year and a half old, and currently weighs 970 grams. He is the only pet I have, and is handled a couple times a week.

I might be overreacting, but his behavior recently is EXTREMELY strange behavior for him, and with his current state of weakness, I am so worried. It would completely devastate me to lose him :/

Any help/advice on what could be wrong would be greatly appreciated, and if you need any more information, please ask.

thanks all,
Johnathan.