We've had her for about two months now. Originally had her on coconut fiber substrate but the humidity was way too high. At this time she would roam around a lot, and rarely use the hide. She also bathed in her water dish a lot during this period. She refused food the first two weeks we tried to feed her but after asking her breeder and following his instructions to a T she has been eating regularily and has been quite amenable to handling barring one time she simply stayed balled up the whole time.
After switching her onto Aspen, she has since refused/maybe regurgitated food - she struck and took it but when my bf went to check on her it wasn't eaten and we suspect it was regurgitated. She was extremely skittish after this and hid in her hide balled up so tight we couldn't see her (often in her hide you can see some of her coils or maybe her tail poking out). That was on Wednesday. She since has not been out of the hide that we have been aware of (maybe late at night or while we are at work? I'm hoping she's still drinking...)
We left her alone except the occasional wellness check, trying not to stress her out. On Friday my bf told me her eyes looked clouded, and I began to suspect a shed cycle imminent since I know it can make them scared. I've just been able to take a closer look and I am not certain. Her colours don't seem particularily dulled to me, but she was being quite skittish still - not balling but jerking backwards away from my hand, in a somewhat uncontrolled looking manner. I didn't want to stress her more by checking her belly, but if it's absolutely necessary to diagnose her, I will.
Full husbandry details: small tupperware container, aspen substrate, heat tape on thermostat regulator + heater in room for additional ambient heat. Temps about 88/75, humidity unfortunately still trending around 70 after changing substrate and adding air holes - we are going to pick up a dehumidifier for the room soon as 70 is the ambient humidity in the office which has fairly little traffic. Eating F/T hopper mice (what the breeder had her on) once a week. Only one hide as this container is too small for 2.
When we first brought her home:
A recent handling session (this was the time she just stayed balled and didn't want to explore)
From today
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