Rio update, (the mistory continues)

[Foxy]

It is now almost 6 weeks since Rio stopped eating, and in that time she has shed twice, and only lost 2g's. She seen a vet that said she could be gravid, so provided laying sites but she not layed anything plus I shone a torch through her belly and there no shaddows in that area. He did say they could be fat pads but be suprised there so big.

She still looks petty good skin a little winkley at times, but she having a critical care and calcium bath twice a week.

I starting to think there nothing acherly wrong with her she just over even and feels like she want to lose some weight.

for those that don't remember, she coming up 9 months, is 9 minch's long and now weighs 78g's.

pics to come as I not uploaded them yet


EDIT:
having her bath

 

[katie_]

She looks healthy to me
Maybe the baths are stressing her out.

 

[Foxy]

the baths started last week, on the vets adivce.

 

[im faster]

she is either gravid(maybe just ovulating) or impacted.

is she with a male?
he belly is huge..
how are you feeding her and what?

 

[im faster]

als what substrate are you keeping her on

 

[FBody355]

My girl is acting the same exact way. I'm going for gravid.

 

[Foxy]

shorely is she was gravid I would be able to see eggs by now being the vet said he could feel them. If she was inpacted wouldn't the vet have had felt this. She on tile, she did have java moss in her hide, witch came out and was replace with paper towel for a while, when I was told she was gravid I change to a differant moss in her humid hide and coco fibre in a laying box. She wouldn't use iver box and she today in her tunnel, so wanting her to shed properly I now back to paper towl in her humid hide and java moss in her laying box.

The plan at the mo is to just leave her alone now for a couple of week, as handling her stresses her out.

She's fed mealworms

She never been with a male.

She shed again today thats the 3rd time in 6 weeks.

 

[im faster]

What tjat chunky body u probably wouldnt see eggs
The vet should have xrayed to see if impacted

Is she pooping

 

[Foxy]

the ony time she pooped since she stopped eating is when she shed last time that came out normal.

 

[Dimidiata]

...Your using java moss? The aquatic plant????

 

[Foxy]

no sorry
its Sphagnum moss

the stuff she didn't like was marked as forest moss

 

[Foxy]

Well she shed fine even though she didnt use her humid hide. Good thing is when she did go in there she licked the wet tissue and has produce a small white urite. Just waiting for the next shed poop.

Do you think there a reason why she shedding so often