Thanks, LOL....but sadly it's reverse, the male is the one with his hand up.
He quit eating crickets (won't touch dubias) and he lost about 8-9g since summer. All his fecals have come back negative, so he's in a temp enclosure (10g) until I can get him to eat on his own again. He gets pedialyte bath/sauna & CGD syringe feedings ever other night. I've been working carefully this past week to get his shed off, still have 1 knee & his tail to go. He lets me know when he's had enough of me & the q-tip/tweezers...he usually allows me to work 30-45 min a day. He's gotten more energy lately & I can tell that he & his mate miss each other, so hoping I can get him eating own his own soon so I can get them back together. (His mate is the female in the first photo.)