[Leena]

I've had my little guy for a year and a month now, and he was absolutely fine, never any problems. I'd feed him every second day, and usually between 6-12 crickets.

Now, I moved to college a bit more than a month ago, brought him with me, and he was doing great -- he was eating fine, same attitude, even being a bit more active than he used to be at my house -- up until 2 weeks ago.

He hasn't been eating as much at all, and for the past week, he's been more lethargic and eating less and less. I just tried to feed him an hour ago and he did not touch a SINGLE cricket. I held him and he was okay, but then when I put him back into his tank, he went into his hide and started to fall asleep. It's 3 AM, and AFTs are supposed to be nocturnal...

I'm a bit worried about my little Siggy. I love him so much. His stools look fine, not runny or anything like that, just normal. I don't know what to think.
Ideas? Please?

[Leena]

this is a picture of my little man. Please, any thoughts would be so, so appreciated.

[josabby]

Is he drinking from his water dish? Sometimes you can get Reptiaid (sp?) or other appetite stimulents from pet stores, you can mix it up and feed it to them with a cirringe (sp?) It is also getting close to breeding season for fat tails which starts in November. They slow down their eating when it gets to be about a month or two before breeding season (Brumation (sp?). If there are any local vets that treat herps you can take in a fecal sample to make sure there are no parasites as well. And when they get bigger, they eat less, sometimes too many crickets in their cage can stress them out like when he went into hiding when you put him down. Maybe two or three crickets at first and offer him more if he still seems hungry. None of my fat tails eat meal worms or super worms, but a less hoppy treat like a butterworm, which can sometimes be purchases at a bait shop can get him interested. Those are just some thoughts. I hope he'll be ok.

[Reptilemad]

I hope he will be okay