No obvious signs of shed, and she just shed the day before she last ate. So I would THINK not... but also, you never know, haha.Originally Posted by dr del
This may sound silly given all the steps you have taken but is there any chance she is going into a shed cycle?
the alternative idea is looking for anything ( including ambient temps ) that may have changed from the time she last ate? new hides, temps, I mention this as even beneficial changes can throw them off occasionally.
RE: any changes... I've been thinking about this as well today, trying to pinpoint anything that might have triggered it. All I can think of is that around mid-September (the 12th maybe?), I set up a CHE to help keep ambients up because the UTH wasn't cutting it alone. So her ambients went from 74-75* to 79-81.* She ate twice after the change (once on the 16th, then she skipped on the 23 during a shed, then she ate on the 30th).
Earlier today, I realized the introduction of the CHE is also about the time that she started only going on the cool side. So I decided to do some extra investigation to get a really good read on the temps and spent a little extra time scanning over the whole area of the glass under the hot hide. I found while most of it was 88-89, there were some spots I was hitting that were 92-93. That's higher than what I would prefer so I knocked her thermostat down a degree. Next thing I know, she magically went back over to her hot hide, and has been sitting in it ever since for several hours. First time I've witnessed her using that side of the cage in weeks.
Coincidence?
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