Concerned for my P. Regalis

Mychajlo

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So my girl Madison is about 4-roughly 5 inches and she last molted December 4th 2018 and she has MAYBE eaten twice since then that I’ve seen, I don’t know if she’s hunting the crickets that hide in there at night or what but everytime I try to feed her she doesn’t want it, and it’s kknda concerning cause she’s one of my good eaters, and advice or thoughts?
 

Bob Lee

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She might be hunting during the night when you can't see it, just drop in the cricket in and wait for a bit. If she doesn't take it in 24hrs then take the cricket out.
 

Teal

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Is her abdomen plump or skinny?
 

Mychajlo

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She might be hunting during the night when you can't see it, just drop in the cricket in and wait for a bit. If she doesn't take it in 24hrs then take the cricket out.
Is her abdomen plump or skinny?
@Bob Lee Well the way her enclosure is set up the crickets can get behind the bark on the back wall but every time I look behind her enclosure to see if there back there I don’t see any so like you said she might just be eating at night when the crickets are walking around
@Teal her abdomen isn’t skinny but I’ve seen it a lot plumper on a normal basis when she eats normally, this is her recently but right now it’s a LITTLE bit smaller than the picture
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Teal

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I wouldn't be very concerned then. My P. met was reallllly skinny post-molt and took almost 3 weeks to even eat again. Arboreals, especially as they get larger, can be finnicky like that.
 
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