Abd is small, looks a tad dehydrated maybe. They are very temperamental when it comes to eating, I found they will literally only eat when they want too
@theredsonja83 I agree on the small abdomen (hasn’t eaten since molting a month or so ago), and possibly the dehydration. Aside from keeping the water dish full, and misting one side of the enclosure, and offering prekilled and small live prey (crickets and mealworms), is there anything else I can do to help it survive? (I have a second, smaller one, and it’s doing the same thing.)
If anyone else wants to chime in, I welcome the help/advice.
Thanks!
@theredsonja83 I agree on the small abdomen (hasn’t eaten since molting a month or so ago), and possibly the dehydration. Aside from keeping the water dish full, and misting one side of the enclosure, and offering prekilled and small live prey (crickets and mealworms), is there anything else I can do to help it survive? (I have a second, smaller one, and it’s doing the same thing.)
If anyone else wants to chime in, I welcome the help/advice.
Thanks!
What size is it? what temps are you keeping it at? I can tell you when Avics (and other species) are dehyrdated they don't eat. There's a fine line between dehydrated (will eat to get anything inside), and dehydrated (won't eat). I've noticed this with Avics. Once hydrated they perk up like a plant and start eating, sometimes that day. It's not always obvious they need water esp after a molt in order to eat.
Thank you for the clarification, I’m a newbie myself so always open to learn. There really is a lot of subtle differences that make similar species different from one another to the untrained eye ( like mine).
What size is it? what temps are you keeping it at? I can tell you when Avics (and other species) are dehyrdated they don't eat. There's a fine line between dehydrated (will eat to get anything inside), and dehydrated (won't eat). I've noticed this with Avics. Once hydrated they perk up like a plant and start eating, sometimes that day. It's not always obvious they need water esp after a molt in order to eat.
Do you have any suggestions on how I can get it to drink, other than forcibly holding it and dripping water on its mouthparts? It’s not lethargic or laying on the floor of the enclosure, and I’d rather not handle or mess with it in general.
Thank you!
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