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Think she's going to moult?
She hasnt eaten anything for about two months now. She isnt interested in the blacks that pass her by. She just moves out of the way, or if they get a bit aggressive, she swats at them until they go.
I tried leaving her for a couple of weeks (a few weeks back) without any food and then put a cricket in. She didnt eat it and it just died. Maybe she bit it or maybe it was just not that fresh, I dont know.
Anyway, thinking she was going to moult, I've kept it fairly warm in there and the humidity is okay. No mould now or anything.
She has a water supply and she occasionally steps in it. Apart from that she looks fine. Nothing oviously wrong, she can move fine although she is a bit slow lately. She's also not shrivelled up or anything, looks the same size as normal.
I know all these signs can point to moulting, it's just that she hasnt done it at all and it's been about two months since her last feed (at least a month and a half. Think it's two though).
She's only moulted once since I've had her (last November) and I dont think she's a full adult yet as she's not all that massive. Anyway, didnt take her as long that time to moult from showign the early signs.
Soooo, do they take longer to moult as they get older, or is there something else I should be looking out for?
Oh and one last thing. Although she didnt eat a cricket, I *think* she did eat a single woodlouse lol. Not sure she went for much of it though as the majority of it was intact. I can tell when she's eaten at it and it's not just dead, cos it looks all disgusting like the leftovers of something from a horror film lol with bits stuck to it and it's all black and stuff.
She hasnt eaten anything for about two months now. She isnt interested in the blacks that pass her by. She just moves out of the way, or if they get a bit aggressive, she swats at them until they go.
I tried leaving her for a couple of weeks (a few weeks back) without any food and then put a cricket in. She didnt eat it and it just died. Maybe she bit it or maybe it was just not that fresh, I dont know.
Anyway, thinking she was going to moult, I've kept it fairly warm in there and the humidity is okay. No mould now or anything.
She has a water supply and she occasionally steps in it. Apart from that she looks fine. Nothing oviously wrong, she can move fine although she is a bit slow lately. She's also not shrivelled up or anything, looks the same size as normal.
I know all these signs can point to moulting, it's just that she hasnt done it at all and it's been about two months since her last feed (at least a month and a half. Think it's two though).
She's only moulted once since I've had her (last November) and I dont think she's a full adult yet as she's not all that massive. Anyway, didnt take her as long that time to moult from showign the early signs.
Soooo, do they take longer to moult as they get older, or is there something else I should be looking out for?
Oh and one last thing. Although she didnt eat a cricket, I *think* she did eat a single woodlouse lol. Not sure she went for much of it though as the majority of it was intact. I can tell when she's eaten at it and it's not just dead, cos it looks all disgusting like the leftovers of something from a horror film lol with bits stuck to it and it's all black and stuff.
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