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Well you see my Leo hasn't been eating for the past... 3 WEEKS? Now maybe it's because she's tired of worms but I doubt it because she normally loves them.... So first i'm going to try crickets... If she doesn't take that then I'll know something is up.... Now what makes me doubt impaction and all that is her tail is actually getting FATTER and she's growing even though she's had only water. Now what's up with that? I checked the floor and the temps. perfectly fine (95 - 98).... So what's wrong with her? Is it just because winters approaching and maybe she doesn't wanna eat or something? I have no idea what todo besides try crickets then... I don't know. Please help! :/ Btw. She's a female and about 9 months old, Perfectly healthy.

Oh and she has pooped like every few days but just a little so thats good :)

Thanks in advance, Samy109
 
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Is she pooing? And are you handling her? Maybe try stop handling her for a bit. Also...if she hasn't eaten for three weeks maybe you want to take her in for a vet visit. Usually you don't have to worry if they're not loosing weight...but you can never be too careful as I lost my Beau. Is she acting any different?

Might want to double check to make sure there's no loose spots where she could've burned her belly... As I have no idea how your set up is.

Hope you can get her to eat soon
 
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Okay I use the repicarpet... It covers the floor more then well haha so I know that isn't the case... And I actually don't handle her a ton... So she shouldn't be stressed... Something that I havn't been doing... Is giving her calcium :O.... I need to do that from now on for sure but I don't know how to get her to eat. Now I examined her and her skin is wrinkly along the sides but she's very fat in the tail and tummy like always... Her stomach has the normal gut spots so I think thats alright. Any insight?

And yes as I stated up there she is pooping. Every few days she poops a little and it has equal amounts of The white/brown stuff.... Just to be clear haha

And as for how she's acting... She's quite perky still...Same as always so good there.
 
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I'm probably am just going to get bashed for not giving her calcium and nothing else..... Well i'm thinking that's probably the problem... Maybe not.... I'll try to get pics up.
 
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Hmm well if she's pooping like normal... you sure she's not eating? You're not going to get 'bashed' for the reptile carpet, as was stated in other posts substrate is a matter of opinion...I myself used it before but stopped as the reasons most others have.

Yes, you should be giving her her vitamins of course. That *may* be the case. Hopefully some others will come along to chime in.

Does she have acess to water? She couldn't be dehydrated maybe? And is she housed alone?

Waiting on the pics ;)
 
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I ment bashed because of not giving her calcium... But She is alone... Like the perfect setup.... I really don't know what she's doing unless for some reason she's eating the papertowel in her wet hide... But yea. And she has PLENTY of water, I see her drink it all the time.
 
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Pics here! Btw I have a huge thumb for scale to her tail... And now that i'm looking at her her body is quite skinny :O But her legs tail and neck and head are all very healthy... But you be the judge.
 
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Hmm well I'm stumped. A month without eating if I'm not wrong seems like a long time and since after what happened to me I'd be nervous. I would take her in to the vet (she could have parasites). Otherwise there should be some others to chime in soon.
 
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Try crickets, if she doesn't eat it may be because of the temperature cooling down and coming close to breeding season. As long as she doesn't start to rapidly lose weight I would wait it out. If she's still not eating then go to the vet.
 
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That's exactly what I had in mind... Does her form seem okay? I hear if the tail is fine shes fine? her body just looks a bit slim.
 
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How do I tell? I have no Idea how to tell. And 3 to 4 weeks without food seems a bit long for that to me..
 
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