Hey all!
I recently moved my girl from my apartment to my boyfriend's, and she's been (expectedly) stressed since. Constants black beard and stress marks BUT she's been much more active than she was at my place. Constantly moving around, drinking from her water dish daily (which she rarely does), climbing on top of her plants.
I'm wondering how long is to long in terms of stress, and what I can do to help her with it. She's been here for 3 days and hasn't been handled, tank set up is identical aside from two sides being blocked out to try and prevent more stress. Her new tank location is lower, so perhaps us towering over her isn't helping? It's also much louder here with nearby traffic. She didn't have an appetite before moving here, so unsurprisingly that is still lacking as well (she'll stick out her tongue to grab at food, but won't actually take it in so I've been force feeding her up until moving)
Tank set up meets all specifications listed on the forum aside from size; she's in a small 20 gallon until we finish construction on her larger custom enclosure.
Thanks in advance for any help!
I recently moved my girl from my apartment to my boyfriend's, and she's been (expectedly) stressed since. Constants black beard and stress marks BUT she's been much more active than she was at my place. Constantly moving around, drinking from her water dish daily (which she rarely does), climbing on top of her plants.
I'm wondering how long is to long in terms of stress, and what I can do to help her with it. She's been here for 3 days and hasn't been handled, tank set up is identical aside from two sides being blocked out to try and prevent more stress. Her new tank location is lower, so perhaps us towering over her isn't helping? It's also much louder here with nearby traffic. She didn't have an appetite before moving here, so unsurprisingly that is still lacking as well (she'll stick out her tongue to grab at food, but won't actually take it in so I've been force feeding her up until moving)
Tank set up meets all specifications listed on the forum aside from size; she's in a small 20 gallon until we finish construction on her larger custom enclosure.
Thanks in advance for any help!