Originally Posted by frankykeno
I had one that wouldn't start up right away as the other females did and on the suggestion of Tim Bailey we re-did her post shed tidy up. We'd cleaned her and her tub after she layed but we did it again with all new substrate again, a wash in warm water and gentle soap, a her hide and water bowl scrubbed and rinsed. The next day she took a weanling rat (Tim suggested trying something smaller than her normal sized rat). She's eaten consistently thereafter and is now back up to her regular prey and gaining her weight back nicely.
Tim did mention to me that some females, no matter what you do, will refuse to eat but suddenly start up again around the time their clutch hatches out. It may be some sort of natural internal biological clock at work there, who knows.
When I read the original post, I was thinking that I would relay the advice that I had given to Jo, but I guess she beat me to it. In my experience, a second bath normally gets them back on feed.
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