[CBakke]

Hello,

I have had my WC C.Mitratus for about 2 weeks now. Up until 3 days ago everything was great. I have 6 of them currently housed seprately until I am sure they are all healthy. I will eventually have 2 1.2 groups. Two of them have not eaten in the past 3 days or pooped in the last 2. This is odd because before they were eating every day and were mostly excited about me dropping food in. I have been feeding mostly crickets and I offered mealworms to them all but only 2 of the geckos ate them. (only one of the ones not eating had the mealworm)

The past 3 days, when I open their tubs, they just freeze and stair up at me. Like "If I dont move... maybe he wont see me." type thing. Up until now, If I put my hand down by them, they would lick my finger and then allow me to pick them up. They would walk a bit on my hand and sometimes just lay down. None of them were skittish at all. They were honestly easier to handle than my Leos at times. This has all changed. They dont want to be touched and they startle and run to get away from me

I guess I feel like something is stressing them out, but at the same time... I dont understand how being caught from the wild transported to NV then put in a box (2.4 all in the same 8in circle container with a little bit of moss ) and shipped across the country would not be stressful, but since day 2 or 3 everyone was eating and pooping and seemingly happy.

Currently I have them in shoebox containers in my Leo rack (different heat ropes though). I have moss on the botom of the containers and I spray one side daily. I also have the room at 55% relative humidity. Temps have been between 84F and 87F on hot side and 75F on the cold. I have a water dish and hide in there as well.

They range from 4.5g to 6.4g in weight. Most of them look ok, but one of the ones not eating was 4.5g and is losing weight. I am worried and need some advice!

Thank you!

[katrino]

Try to don´t stress them , don´t touch them and put them separately in tuppers.
Maybe it will help.

[CBakke]

Originally Posted by katrino

Try to don´t stress them , don´t touch them and put them separately in tuppers.
Maybe it will help.

I have had them seprate since I got them. Incase of disease or something. I havent touched them since I posted this, but it seems odd that from day one they would climb onto my hand on their own, but are now scared.

I am going to try feeding again tonight and see what happens.

[CBakke]

I tried feeding lucy again and she wanted nothing to do with the crickets I put in. She is losing weight and I am pretty worried now. We have a vet appt at 3:30 so wish us luck