About your leo:
- Sex: Female
- Age & Weight: 8 months old, not sure on the weight
- How long have you owned your leo: 5 months
- Where was he/she obtained: Breeder
A) Health/History
- How often do you handle your leo: About 3 times a week
- Is your leo acting any different today? See below!
- Has he/she had any problems in the past, if so please describe. No.
B) Fecals
- Describe (look any different than normal): Normal
- When was the last time he/she went: 4-5 days ago
C) Problem
- Please briefly describe the problem and how long it has been going on See below!
Housing:
A) Enclosure
- Size 40 gallon L
- Type (ex. glass tank) Glass
- Type of substrate Tiling
- Hides, how many, what kind One cool hide, one warm hide, one humid hide (on warm side of tank)
B) Heating
- Heat source UTH
- Cage temps (hot side, cool side) 91-93 on warm side, ~72 ambient on cool side
- Method of regulating heat source Lamp dimmer, probe thermometer
- What are you using to measure your temps probe thermometer
- Do you have any lights (describe) No
C) Cage mates
- How many (males, females) 0
- Describe health, or previous problems
Describe Diet:
A) Typical diet
- What you're feeding (how often, how much) Mealworms. 4-6 everyday- everyother day. Depending on her.
- How are you feeding (hand fed, left in dish, ect) I hand feed a few, and leave a few in a dish
B) Supplements (describe how often)
- What vitamin/minerals are you using (list brands)ZooMed Reptivite, and ZooMed Repti Calcium
- What are you gut loading food with Jurassi Diet, and sliced veggies
Description:
Okay! So Tiger Lilli isn't eating. Hasn't for about two weeks. I had never fed her wax worms before because I know they're fatty and can be addicting, but I wanted to try to get her to eat! So, two nights ago I was able to convince her to eat two wax worms and a mealie, but that's all she has eaten for two weeks. I do believe she is drinking, but I haven't seen it with my own eyes. Her tail is visibly thinner and she has lost the fat store in her armpits.
She is acting nearly the same, though! The only difference is that when she *did* eat those wax worms and the mealie it wasn't with her usual pounce- it had no gusto, no "umph." She just very boredly, lazily lapped them up. In fact, she seems to be more curious and walks around her cage quite a bit during our normal feeding time like she's waiting for food, but when I offer it to her she won't eat it! Two days ago, a stink bug landed on the outside of her cage without me knowing. I heard a light *thud* and looked at where the noise came from, and it was her trying to eat it! What the crap? It's very confusing.
The only two things I can think of is that maybe it's the time of year? I've tried to maintain the temperature in her cage, but maybe she's going into hibernation/brumation mode? Or, maybe, she's eaten this larger size of mealworm in the past, but normally I feed her the smaller ones. Maybe now she has decided she won't eat the bigger ones? That doesn't explain not eating more wax worms, though...
- Sex: Female
- Age & Weight: 8 months old, not sure on the weight
- How long have you owned your leo: 5 months
- Where was he/she obtained: Breeder
A) Health/History
- How often do you handle your leo: About 3 times a week
- Is your leo acting any different today? See below!
- Has he/she had any problems in the past, if so please describe. No.
B) Fecals
- Describe (look any different than normal): Normal
- When was the last time he/she went: 4-5 days ago
C) Problem
- Please briefly describe the problem and how long it has been going on See below!
Housing:
A) Enclosure
- Size 40 gallon L
- Type (ex. glass tank) Glass
- Type of substrate Tiling
- Hides, how many, what kind One cool hide, one warm hide, one humid hide (on warm side of tank)
B) Heating
- Heat source UTH
- Cage temps (hot side, cool side) 91-93 on warm side, ~72 ambient on cool side
- Method of regulating heat source Lamp dimmer, probe thermometer
- What are you using to measure your temps probe thermometer
- Do you have any lights (describe) No
C) Cage mates
- How many (males, females) 0
- Describe health, or previous problems
Describe Diet:
A) Typical diet
- What you're feeding (how often, how much) Mealworms. 4-6 everyday- everyother day. Depending on her.
- How are you feeding (hand fed, left in dish, ect) I hand feed a few, and leave a few in a dish
B) Supplements (describe how often)
- What vitamin/minerals are you using (list brands)ZooMed Reptivite, and ZooMed Repti Calcium
- What are you gut loading food with Jurassi Diet, and sliced veggies
Description:
Okay! So Tiger Lilli isn't eating. Hasn't for about two weeks. I had never fed her wax worms before because I know they're fatty and can be addicting, but I wanted to try to get her to eat! So, two nights ago I was able to convince her to eat two wax worms and a mealie, but that's all she has eaten for two weeks. I do believe she is drinking, but I haven't seen it with my own eyes. Her tail is visibly thinner and she has lost the fat store in her armpits.
She is acting nearly the same, though! The only difference is that when she *did* eat those wax worms and the mealie it wasn't with her usual pounce- it had no gusto, no "umph." She just very boredly, lazily lapped them up. In fact, she seems to be more curious and walks around her cage quite a bit during our normal feeding time like she's waiting for food, but when I offer it to her she won't eat it! Two days ago, a stink bug landed on the outside of her cage without me knowing. I heard a light *thud* and looked at where the noise came from, and it was her trying to eat it! What the crap? It's very confusing.
The only two things I can think of is that maybe it's the time of year? I've tried to maintain the temperature in her cage, but maybe she's going into hibernation/brumation mode? Or, maybe, she's eaten this larger size of mealworm in the past, but normally I feed her the smaller ones. Maybe now she has decided she won't eat the bigger ones? That doesn't explain not eating more wax worms, though...
