I bought a gravid A. australis about a month ago and while in my care she hasn't eaten a thing, but I was told that she ate a lot just before being sent to me. She's been pretty active and responsive otherwise, but today she seems pretty lethargic so I'm worried.
She's been being kept in a small container on sand with half a terracotta pot as a hide. I put in a small handful of coco fiber a week ago and have moistened that a little in case that was the trouble. I just put a heating pad on her enclosure in the hopes that that will help; before today she had just been being kept at room temp (around 84 in the day to 50 at night). Her enclosure doesn't have much ventilation, so I'm going to fix that as soon as I can, but is there anything else I should try?
She's been being kept in a small container on sand with half a terracotta pot as a hide. I put in a small handful of coco fiber a week ago and have moistened that a little in case that was the trouble. I just put a heating pad on her enclosure in the hopes that that will help; before today she had just been being kept at room temp (around 84 in the day to 50 at night). Her enclosure doesn't have much ventilation, so I'm going to fix that as soon as I can, but is there anything else I should try?