Ovulating female not eating

IHaveNoIdea

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Hey,

I know it's normal at this time of a year, but my female hasn't eaten since Christmas (maybe two roaches around the New year if I remember correctly). She has lost 10 grams in two months, she is 74g now. She looks kind of skinny, especially her tail is half of what it was. I tried offering mealworms, dubias, crickets, even waxworms.
She hasn't been eating properly since I moved her to my parents. So it might be combination of stress and ovulation.
Is there any trick to make her eat?
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acpart

Well-known member
If that's a picture of her now, I think she still looks pretty good. You can try holding her and gently poking a feeder at her mouth. Otherwise, you could consider a vet visit.

Aliza
 

IHaveNoIdea

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Yes, it's a picture of her from yesterday. In this picture is her belly on the floor so she looks wider, but when she stands, it's really not that great. I let Clavicus mate with her at the end of march. Her belly seems a bit bigger, but she is much more jumpy than she used to be and won't let me look at her belly. I thought she might start to eat if she gets some action. I'm not sure if something really happened though, because I saw him trying to mate with her, but she didn't look interested. So I just kept them together for two days and then I took him back to his terrarium.
 
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