I just can't think of anything else that would cause my clown girl to just stop eating. She was eating readily on mice just fine. I started breeding rats for her and by the time they babies came she decided not to eat. I've tried rat pups, rat crawlers, weaned rats, mice of various sizes. I've tried feeding her when she's out at night, at night with all the lights off, cluttering her T8 half even more, putting the feeder in there and dropping the sheet over her enclosure and leaving her be for a bit. (these are all live since she won't take F/T).
She hasn't eaten in seven weeks. I know that's not that concerning. I wish I had weighed her at her eating prime. She weighs 180 grams right now. She's not looking thin, but the ridge on her back is more noticeable. My leopard, which was 30g less than the clown has since surpassed her in size.
There are two things I can think of. She was turtling with her AP small hide so I switched it for a medium. I switched it back to multiple smalls about a month ago and it didn't change anything (she now fits in the smalls with ease again). The only other thing I can think of is she is off feed for winter? I think that only happens with adults though. So frustrating. I just want her to eat and grow up. I'm hoping it doesn't come to force feeding. How much of a weight drop would you let happen at her size?
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