Hi guys, my yearling ball bellatrix hasn't eaten since early January, I'm not overly concerned about the eating as I know balls can fast, the thing that is worrying me is that she hasn't peed for about 2 months now and she looks a little dehydrated, her skin folds when she coils and it doesn't bounce back very quickly when pinched.
In herself she seems fine, out in the night, in her hide in the day, all temps and humidity are ok.
I have tried to bathe her to see if she will drink but she tries to get out the water and I didn't want to stress her out by dipping her in water repeatedly.
I have tried washing and scrubbing her water bowl to no avail, I have also popped it right by her cave entrance.
I have upgraded her Viv to a 3 ft one (she is 3 ft long) from a 2 ft Viv but this problem started way before the move.
We also took her to my sister's (about 40 mins drive away) back in jan, just after she refused her first meal as we were going on holiday and she is the only one I know with experience in keeping snakes. I don't think she liked the journey as she was coiled up in a ball when we got her out when she arrived. My other ball, however was fine and is eating and drinking as normal.
I have also checked for mites, no problems there.
Any ideas?
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