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OK. nothing THAT drastic BUT...the past month has been rough and the wife has been in charge of my little freinds...NOW Kooz is thriving, but his firy eyed "mate" named WADI(we all know what wadi means I hope)hasn't been. I got WADI from urotopia last summer. They have been neck and neck for growing and weight gain until now. They are housed separately in 4x2 enclosures identical in almost everyway. Same bulbs, same burrow, same hides, same care.(you guys may not all agree with how I raise them- I sort of combine many "caresheets" and try to give them "natural conditions" with seasonal variation,etc. -working great for KOOZ, and now for the last I would have to say about TWO months, not so great for WADI.Aegyptia range is HUGE, and Kooz and Wadi differ enough I would bet they come from different places.(both WC babies)Kooz is approximately 11 inches snout to tail and heavy as a rock(no scale-it broke)Wadi- 10 inches not as heavy(even taking into consideration difference in length-really need a new scale) UVB is good- i got bulbs up the yin and yang-and i can acheive about any temp gradient. She is eating and pooping but hides too much, seems a little sluggish, and is EXTRA skittish. I HAD TO move the cages into a diffrent room for NOISE reasons 1 month ago- I think the stress of the animal neighbors and moving into the new room has caused this problem, she has always been "fiesty" and "cross" but NEVER a problem until now. Any suggestions how i can "coax her back"? (I have left her alone now for quite some time but no progress)of course any other suggestions are welcome, man I am still a NOOB.thanx people.

the room is for uros exclusively- should I block her view from Kooz? He is the only one she can see. Does she just need more time, maybe? It worries me she isn't thriving as usual- she always had the "upper hand" it seemed before- now Kooz seems HUGE next to her. Dumb neighbors with their pound puppies(i really feel BAD for the dogs but man...they are gone now but what the...)serious though what do I do NOW?

could it be TAXONOMY? even still she HAS to be STRESSED I can tell. I want my mean little WADI back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OK I checked on her and got a real nice tail whip-GOOD SIGN!!!
I know from Doug Dix they can get "depressed" if the enclosure is moved- don't know if there is anything that can be done besides leaving her alone-if there is let me know.

i gave so much info i answered my own question, huh?