Charsuibun
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Over the past couple of days my Russian has been acting off - I thought she was back to normal but it seems over the past two days she seems to have become completely lethargic.
Usually she sleeps in a corner under her heat lamp and wakes up when it turns on, however the past few days she's been going into her hide and I've had to wake her up to eat. She then takes herself straight back to bed, hardly eating anything.
I thought maybe her temperatures were too hot combined with the ambient temperature (the heat lamp was set for 30c and it's been about 28/29c the past few weeks), I turned it down a bit but that hasn't made much of a difference.
I've been feeding her a mixture of -
endive
romaine lettuce
raddichio
courgette
plantain
diascia
petunia
mazuri pellets
dandelion
usually she loves food and constantly wants more, but she's barely eating anything now.
I've been soaking her more frequently so she's not getting dehydrated, but she's always hated baths and will stress herself out trying to get out. I don't know if she drinks or not.
I noticed a wet patch in her substrate earlier so I'm fairly certain she's still urinating, but I've not seen her poop in a while.
I did have a vets appointment for tomorrow, but stupidly I cancelled it because I thought she was okay.
Is this normal behaviour for horsefields or am I right being concerned?
For further information: She's about 3 years old and I've had her for a little over a year. None of her set up has changed and she was last checked for parasites back in March.
Usually she sleeps in a corner under her heat lamp and wakes up when it turns on, however the past few days she's been going into her hide and I've had to wake her up to eat. She then takes herself straight back to bed, hardly eating anything.
I thought maybe her temperatures were too hot combined with the ambient temperature (the heat lamp was set for 30c and it's been about 28/29c the past few weeks), I turned it down a bit but that hasn't made much of a difference.
I've been feeding her a mixture of -
endive
romaine lettuce
raddichio
courgette
plantain
diascia
petunia
mazuri pellets
dandelion
usually she loves food and constantly wants more, but she's barely eating anything now.
I've been soaking her more frequently so she's not getting dehydrated, but she's always hated baths and will stress herself out trying to get out. I don't know if she drinks or not.
I noticed a wet patch in her substrate earlier so I'm fairly certain she's still urinating, but I've not seen her poop in a while.
I did have a vets appointment for tomorrow, but stupidly I cancelled it because I thought she was okay.
Is this normal behaviour for horsefields or am I right being concerned?
For further information: She's about 3 years old and I've had her for a little over a year. None of her set up has changed and she was last checked for parasites back in March.