Help Puff isn't eating!

[kic90army]

Puff has her breakfast of greens and roaches Sunday morning and then Sunday evening didn't want any more roaches so I left her alone. She had a huge breakfast and sometimes doesn't want dinner so I didn't think anything of it. She hasn't had any roaches since then and didn't eat her greens yesterday. Last night she was her ucky unhappy brown color. I got her out and put her In the bath and she turned happy bright orange. She had her beard out but again it was happy orange. I put her back in her tank and she was not as ucky colored but puffed the fat under her beard out and left it that way all night and this morning. Again this morning she refused greens and roaches. I hope she eats her greens before I get home today. I'm so worried! Shes in an xl exoterra long with uvb and heat. Cool side is around 80 and hot side is around 107-110. She gets red leaf lettuce, kale, boc choy, and collard greens every morning and is offered dubia twice a day. She is 9 months old and ive never had an issue like this with her before. Help!

 

[kic90army]

 

[kic90army]

Anyone?? Sorry to pester I'm just hoping for suggestions

 

[diegothediggy]

When was the last time she done a poop?

 

[kic90army]

Yesterday. It had a lot of the white part but it was a big poop. It wasn't by her water bowl though it was behind her tree which means she would have just hung off her tree which she hasn't done in several months

 

[diegothediggy]

My Diego is just a little younger but a couple of months ago we had the same problem. Sometimes hes eat some times he wudnt we cud put the locus on his mouth n hed just sit there. I guess if she is pooping regularly them just ley her b she will wen she is hungry just keep offering her them. Diego was fussy for around a month or so. So we dropped a feed dwn 2 2 feeds 1 around 12 and the other around 4.30 (with fresh salad constantly in his viv) only put a couple in and if she dnt eat them within 15-20 mins take them out. Do it again a few hours later and again do the same. It took Diego a few days to relise the schedual (if u have the time to do it same times every day) and if he was hungry hed b ready n waiting if not he wudnt eat them. It didnt last long we changed his sand to tile and we stepped up a size in hoppers recently n he loves his bigger bugs he gets size 4 locus. Not that im sayin that had ewt to do with it i dnt think But tbh as long as she poops regular i wudnt worry 2 much have u tried gently stroking her beard. Have u had a look in her mouth for swelling of any sort? Sorry do ramble on.

 

[diegothediggy]

C wot i mean

 

[PatsyB]

Is her beard still puffed out like that? Are you able to tell if she has anything stuck in her throat? I never knew this before but when I got my little Luci, I learned that they sometimes store food in their "pouch" before they swallow it. Luci will do it when there are a lot of crickets near him and he doesn't want to miss one! Maybe try giving some water with an eye dropper.

 

[PatsyB]

She looks like she is shedding on the tip of her nose, it's possible that's making her cranky too. A lot of beardies don't want to eat when they shed.

 

[smokejunky]

I tell everyone with this problem to try baby food in a syringe being hand fed first.that always helped my stubborn ones

 

[Luvthemanimal]

Yea baby food ftw...... But it's also not a huge deal if they don't eat for couple days...... If he is still Pooping and NOT loosing weight.......... Don't worrie about it so much..

 

[kic90army]

I can't get her to open her mouth for anything but I assume if something was stuck she'd be acting weird. She had 3 pieces of greens this morning then wouldn't take anymore. Her throat fat was still puffed this morning but not as much. I'm on my way home now hoping she ate her bowl of greens or will take some roaches. I'm gonna bathe her tonight too. I'll update when im home

 

[Luvthemanimal]

Than pry it open carefully with a card....

 

[kic90army]

Yay!!! I just got home and theres a empty bowl of greens! !! I'm gonna change out of my work clothes and then offer her some roaches.

 

[kic90army]

Haha well she definitely has the energy to show her displeasure with the dog barking

 

[diegothediggy]

How did u get on have she had any roaches or have u managed to have a look in her mouth. Have u stroked her beard dwn. hope u gettin sum joy.

 

[kic90army]

She didn't have any roaches. She took 3 more pieces of collard greens from me this morning and was eyeing her bowl of greens so I have hope she'll snack while I'm at work. She was streatching her beard and yawning last night and I got a peak in her mouth. I didn't see anything weird. I was thinking of ordering some pheonix worms and silk worms to see if either of those interest her. I loved on her puffy beard last night and she wasn't 100% about it at first but later let me stroak it for a bit. We didn't get to a bath last night since she was out and about I wanted to see if she would go to her bowl to eat. Definitely gonna have one tonight.

 

[diegothediggy]

How did u get on in the bath if she had 1. Have u tried dripping water on her nose just spray ur hand with cold water and let it drip onto her nose maybe if she swallows a bit it may go dwn? Yeh maybe try some worms at least she dnt have 2 wrk for them

 

[kic90army]

I just started running her bath water. Her throat is less puffy this evening. She ate a heaping bowl of greens while I was at work. She still has no interest in roaches or super worms. any reason why she'd be fine eating her greens but have no interest in bugs?

 

[diegothediggy]

Just keep at it she will eat them wen she wants them.