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As above. I got her at the Kempton show, and for the first month or so she was great - active and eating like a tiny pig. Then her appetite started to go off a bit; I offered her a couple of flies about a week ago, and she had one and ignored the other, which I removed so it didn't bug her (pun intended).
I'm not unduly concerned about her yet, as she's still reacting to what's going on around her, and she's still got a plump abdomen, but I had to remove the fly I tried her with last weekend as it was literally climbing over her and she was just shaking it off. I've just tried offering her a tiny cricket in the tweezers, and she made flicking "get that thing away from me!" motions; when I tried removing its head and offering her the soggy end
she just moved away from it. As you would...
I assume she's coming up for a moult and taking her time about it, but if anyone has any suggestions I'd be grateful. She's at warm room temperature in a converted sweet jar with a netting roof and twigs, and at the moment I'm giving her a light spray once a day (bottled water) in case she is about to moult.
I'm not unduly concerned about her yet, as she's still reacting to what's going on around her, and she's still got a plump abdomen, but I had to remove the fly I tried her with last weekend as it was literally climbing over her and she was just shaking it off. I've just tried offering her a tiny cricket in the tweezers, and she made flicking "get that thing away from me!" motions; when I tried removing its head and offering her the soggy end
I assume she's coming up for a moult and taking her time about it, but if anyone has any suggestions I'd be grateful. She's at warm room temperature in a converted sweet jar with a netting roof and twigs, and at the moment I'm giving her a light spray once a day (bottled water) in case she is about to moult.