should I be worried??
my baby butter corn has been with us now for a little over 3 weeks, as a few of you who have read some of my other posts will already be aware of. Anyway over the last few days she has been acting oddly for her. she is usually pretty active in the evening and can be seen climbing up the glass door of her enclosure or just having a general nosey round and she is always out and about by about 8pm at the latest, but lately she hasnt been out scarely at all! shes spent nearly 2 whole days inside her hide! I've only seen her come out of her own accord once, I assume to have a drink of water.
she is eating just fine. last fed her on saturday (1 pinky fed in a seperate feeding tub as she ingested aspen last time I fed her). She hasn't pooped in nearly 2 weeks dispite me giving her a bath on friday to stimulate her, she doesnt seem to have any bulges or anything in her lower tail end tho.
I had thought maybe she is about to shed but I cant see any change in colour of her skin or eyes. I provided her with a new humid hide anyway (a cave style hide with sphagnum moss inside positioned 1/2 on cool side 1/2 on warm) just in case. I disturbed her a little remoistening the moss this afternoon. she looked around to see what was happening, flicked her tongue a lot and then retreated to one of her other hides on the warm side of her enclosure. thats unusual for her aswell because she usually favours the cooler side hide or her new humid hide (I think the warm side hide may be a little big for her right now). I havent seen her come out again.
Should I be concerned? Do I get her out and handle her as I normally would tonight? (its been a lil over 48hours from her feed so thats not a problem), or should I leave her alone? Any ideas what the problem could be?
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