I have a BCI who a little over two years old now. He has gone through spells in the past wehre he wouldn't eat, but never this long. It has been ~6 weeks since he's eaten. In that time, I have made at least 3 attempts to feed him...I am feeding live small rats -he is over four feet long, with maybe a 1.5=2" diameter at his thickest point. It seems that there is still some fatty tissue on him, from the way he feels, but he is starting to look a bit wrinkly if he coils real tight. Temperature on the hot end shows about ~85, cool end about ~81...He has a heat pad ont he warm side, which I just turned up a bit, and he feels warm to the touch if he's ben over there. The thermometer (hot side) is ont he back of the cage about 4" fromthe bottom of the tank, and by but not necessary right under the daytime light (which sits outside the tank). Humidity is generally between 50% and 60%, but does tend to vary... I don't mist him, although I have soaked him in the bath tub in the past to help with problem sheds....
The only changes I can think of (aside from turning the heat up last week) is his hide box. I had been cutting the bottoms off of cardboard boxes and making little doorways for him to enter them, and using them as a hide. Well, he always [bleep]s on them, and I ran out of boxes. So, I found a huge fake log for turtles which I thought would be nice and easy to clean, and of course he won't use it. So I took it out, and he has been hiding under his newspaper since then... He has water - I have a litter box that I fill up with water and leave on the cool end of the cage (it's big enough for him to soak in)... He has branches to bask with under the hot side, so he can get closer to the bulb....I could do a better job keeping his tank clean, but I doubt that is the source of the problem, and I can;t see anythign else I am doing wrong..
Any and all ideas and/or criticisms are welcome. Thanks!
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