Scaleless Hatchling
In November of last year I bought the most darling little scaleless at an expo. I have been eyeing these for a while but the price tag, OMG. Anyway, at this expo there was someone there selling males for $150 and females for $200. They were teeny and skinny looking. He could not give me a hatch date other than "sometime over the past summer". One of the males had a regurg in the deli cup. I knew it was a gamble, but I picked the female who looked the least skinny and brought her home. A few days later I fed her and to my delight she struck at the f/t pink and ate greedily. Much to my dismay she regurged a partially digested blob a day later (still recognizable as a pink). I promptly ordered nutribac and doctored her water. I fed her again 10 days later and she gingerly took it and ate. 3 days later I found a disgusting blob of black disgusting goo. IDK if it was a regurg or abnormal poo but regardless it was not normal. I kept doctoring her water but she then refused food for 4 solid weeks. Finally, she took a feed and did not regurg. She no longer strikes or will take food from the tongs though. I have to warm it up really warm and toss it into her hide. I then check the next morning to see if she ate. She took 4 feeds in a row. She finally shed for me (which I found when I fed last night). I thought we were over the hump and headed to success but this morning I discovered that she did not eat last night's pink. I haven't handled her since she went off feed and she is gorgeous. I just want to have her eat and grow so I can hold her but man, she likes to keep me stressed out. Her husbandry is solid, I have a pair of het scaleless the same age who eat like pigs and are growing way faster than her. I handle them frequently. It doesn't seem to bother them and they have never refused a meal. They are ready to move to fuzzies and eat 2 pinks at a time now. Anyway, if anyone has any thoughts I'd love to hear them. Maybe she's just a slow starter? I am hoping this isn't a lifelong issue with her.
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