Is it normal for a retic to go off feed?

[jay's reptiles]

Is it normal for my retic to go off feeding during the colder seasons. Like fall and winter.


Her humidity Is 85%

her hot spot is 90-93

And her cold side is 75-77.


She hasn't been coming out at night as much as well.

She used to come out every night. But now she only comes out once a week or so. She ate friday night. I had to pull out of the hide to eat. She feeds inside her enclosure. Usually she sits on top of her hide at night and thats when i feed her. I know hiding all the time can be normal. I just want some answers?!?


Her feeding scedule is 1 small rat every wednesday. But i had to feed her friday because she didn't eat wednesday.


Thank you to everybody that responds.

[jay's reptiles]

I would show her the f/t rat and go crazy for it. Now it takes like 5 mins just to get her to strike at it.

[dave himself]

A couple of questions mate

How long have you had her?

How old and what size is she?

What size is her viv/tub and could you put a pic up of it?

How often do you handle her?

[jay's reptiles]

Originally Posted by dave himself

A couple of questions mate

How long have you had her?

How old and what size is she?

What size is her viv/tub and could you put a pic up of it?

How often do you handle her?

she about 3.5 feet long she eats small rats. She eats 1 rat every 7 days, Never had any trouble with her getting one of those down and the lump from the rat is gone in 2 days

She is about 6 months old

she is in a 10 gallon tub. i handle every day for about 4 mins. But i dont handle the day before feeding day and than 2 days after feeding days.

Cant send picture. Im not at home right now.


I have had her for 2 months

[jay's reptiles]

Originally Posted by dave himself

A couple of questions mate

How long have you had her?

How old and what size is she?

What size is her viv/tub and could you put a pic up of it?

How often do you handle her?

And she isn't off of feed yet. It just takes a lot of convincing to get her to eat now. Before that all i had to do was show her the rat and she would eat it.

[dave himself]

If she's still eating mate I personally wouldn't stress over it but are you sure she's 6 months old at 3.5ft she's a bit small for a retic that age

[jay's reptiles]

actually she is 4 months old. I found the slip of paper that tellls me when she was born.

[dave himself]

You say you've checked you're temps and humidity and both are ok, I haven't seen what your setup looks like or how long she's been behaving like this. So i can only hazard a guess that she might be slightly stressed, my suggestion would be to get artificial plants and give her lots of cover to move around in tub if you already haven't of course and cut back on the handling to and see if this helps

[jay's reptiles]

she just started last week. She has lots of fake plants. I'll cut handling.

[dave himself]

She could also be going into the start of her shed cycle mate you'll learn her wee quirks as you go along

[jay's reptiles]

Originally Posted by dave himself

She could also be going into the start of her shed cycle mate you'll learn her wee quirks as you go along

That is what it was. She was in a really light shed. It the funny thing is that she already shed like 3 weeks ago so i wasn't expecting a shed till next week or so. I couldn't even tell she was in shed. It was so light. She now back to her normal self.

[jay's reptiles]

Originally Posted by jay's reptiles

That is what it was. She was in a really light shed. It the funny thing is that she already shed like 3 weeks ago so i wasn't expecting a shed till next week or so. I couldn't even tell she was in shed. It was so light. She now back to her normal self.

She ate last night as well. And she was out roaming her cage like she does sometimes.

[dave himself]

It's easy to miss mate and as I said you learn all her wee quirks as you go along

[jay's reptiles]

Awesome. Very helpful!