theslee
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Hello, I’m so glad you came to check out my post! Please help me figure out what I’m doing wrong for Sushi. We’ve had out baby (breeder guessed Aug.2021) for almost a month now and she’s not eating. She is in a 4’x2’x2’ birch enclosure, t5 10.0 36” uvb, 150w zoomed basking bulb(can’t get halogen in CA) and 100w che. Basking with temp gun is 100-110, ambient 95 and 72. I can’t get her basking above 95 without the che. UVB is 12” from basking spot, both heat bulbs are 16” from basking. All 3 bulbs are on 7am-7pm, everything is turned off at night. At 9am I replace her water dish and offer a salad of collard, dandelion and/or arugula, topped with butternut squash or carrot (it stays all day, she rarely eats any). 12pm and 5pm dubias, mealworms or BSFL offered. I remove her water dish and food around 6. We started with crickets when we first got her, she ate them for two days then refused. Same with the dubias, I have a ton and she ate them at first but she now refuses. The past few days she will only eat mealworms. I took her to the vet a week ago. He said she was healthy. He also told me she can absorb water through her skin and that vit.d3 is water soluble and can’t overdose. I researched both after and I’m pretty sure he’s wrong. I’m concerned and overwhelmed. I am dusting feeders with calcium weekdays (a mix of with 3D and without because Repti-cal is 400,000 iu/kg *shocked face*) and Repti-Cal multivit. weekends, but she barely eats, so… I’ve been weighing her since 1/1 and she fluctuates between 25g-27g (except 1/2 & today 23g). She’s 9 inches. Been shedding on and off for 3ish weeks. Anything I’m forgetting to help determine what the problem could be?
I added two more pictures one from today, the side of her lip looks red, and her poop from today. Very watery.
I added two more pictures one from today, the side of her lip looks red, and her poop from today. Very watery.