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All right, if I'm reading right, she has indeed eaten since the last molt, and her fangs look fine...broken fangs are very noticeable....so its certainly not a physical issue, so I wouldn't even consider helping it eat or "soup". Personally I wouldn't worry, although thin, its abdomen isn't shrunken, which would be a sign of severe dehydration...and its acting normally. I really don't think there is concern, at least not yet and not for a while probably. Now, being thin, she will be more prone to dehydration, so you might expect to see it drinking or near the water dish.
Just keep offering different and different sized prey items weekly...watch for her hunting, their posture is pretty clear. When mine stops feeding, I stop offering till I see her in hunting posture...albeit, mine is usually plump when fasting. Personally, I think its just being picky.
With as long as these molt periods last, you literally have years to plump her back up, there's no hurry....an issue with these in captivity is the fact that they tend to get plumped quickly, because like this, many people worry about small abdomens in the hobby, and plump them quickly, which just causes long and random fasts as they get the majority of their needs filled for the 4 year period in a few months. Mine molted a year and a half ago, and she's just now starting to look plump. I feed her a single large cricket, 2-4 times per month...usually 3.
Just keep offering different and different sized prey items weekly...watch for her hunting, their posture is pretty clear. When mine stops feeding, I stop offering till I see her in hunting posture...albeit, mine is usually plump when fasting. Personally, I think its just being picky.
With as long as these molt periods last, you literally have years to plump her back up, there's no hurry....an issue with these in captivity is the fact that they tend to get plumped quickly, because like this, many people worry about small abdomens in the hobby, and plump them quickly, which just causes long and random fasts as they get the majority of their needs filled for the 4 year period in a few months. Mine molted a year and a half ago, and she's just now starting to look plump. I feed her a single large cricket, 2-4 times per month...usually 3.