I've had my G. Rosea "teddy" for quite a while now and I know what to expect out of his molt cycle: his abdomen balds, he kicks if you look at him wrong, stays in his hide, and makes a molt mat. These behaviors are no surprise to me i've seen them all before, but now he's been acting a little funny.
He started balding on his abdomen around 4 months ago which seemed nromal whats not is that
1. He hasn't eaten in probably solid 3 months.
2. When i do attempt to feed him he incredibly aggressively (within a minute) zips out and kills his crickets then instantly drops them and runs back to his hide and never touches them again (I actually took a few overnight videos to be sure he wasn't eating them later or something).
3. He continues to make molt mats but keeps kicking them out of his hide, he now has a little wall of them surrounding his hide. I make sure not to disturb them in case he's building himself a kingsize mat or something.
I have no idea why he's behaving this way but given the time it's been since he started acting funny I'm starting to get concerned. I keep his tank at around 75 degrees with fairly low humidity and a constantly filled water dish. I haven't handled him since his abdomen started balding mainly for his health (and because he might mistake my finger for a cricket and his fangs look pretty nasty!)
Does anyone have any suggestions/ideas?
He started balding on his abdomen around 4 months ago which seemed nromal whats not is that
1. He hasn't eaten in probably solid 3 months.
2. When i do attempt to feed him he incredibly aggressively (within a minute) zips out and kills his crickets then instantly drops them and runs back to his hide and never touches them again (I actually took a few overnight videos to be sure he wasn't eating them later or something).
3. He continues to make molt mats but keeps kicking them out of his hide, he now has a little wall of them surrounding his hide. I make sure not to disturb them in case he's building himself a kingsize mat or something.
I have no idea why he's behaving this way but given the time it's been since he started acting funny I'm starting to get concerned. I keep his tank at around 75 degrees with fairly low humidity and a constantly filled water dish. I haven't handled him since his abdomen started balding mainly for his health (and because he might mistake my finger for a cricket and his fangs look pretty nasty!)
Does anyone have any suggestions/ideas?
JK . Chris is wrong , Google is right. (Just a joke)