I've had my ball, Violet, for about 2 months now. She's almost a year old. For the first month that I had her, she fed great... immediately took the f/t mouse. She was active, exploring her cage a great deal. For the past 3 weeks, she hasn't eaten and whatever hid she is in she stays in. I've not seen her out, even at nite. Is this a reason to worry or is this common?

The first time she didn't feed was my fault. I removed her from her hide to feed in another tank. While doing so, I dropped the lid of the tank and the crash scared us both.

The humidity is usually around 50-55%. She's kept in a 40 gallon tank with a screen lid. Duct tape covers most of the screen with a couple air holes and spots for black light heating. The water bowl sits over a heating pad. It's all controlled by a thermostat and the gradient right now is 92 in the hot spot on the right down to 79 on the cool side.

Thanks!


ed: One more thing. She had a successful shed about 3 weeks ago. Well successful except the last centimeter of the tail looks like it didn't shed.