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So im not sure whats going on with her. in the past week she doesnt go into her hids anymore, she ust sleeps outside all day, and lays around all night. usually shes decently active. then in the past 4 days, she has ignored all the food i have put in there with her. its weird because she responds to you when she sees you and she will get up and walk around when you are cleaning or what not in her cage, but otherwise she just stays inactive. im not sure what im doing wrong. she has a humid hide, a regular hide, water dish, calcium, shes on paper towel substrate, no bright lights and the temp is 86 during the day and 82 at night. if you have any advice it would be most appreciated!! if she starts to lose weight im taking her to the vet.

She sounds perfectly normal to me! The strnage thing i noticed is that she is not using her hides. Are they too wet for her??? Or maybe the temp is too low in the hides so she sits outside to get the most heat. I have my leos enclosures at 92*f through the day and mine still sit directly over the heat source. So maybe try upping your temp to say 90*for 92*f if you'd like. But still keep the night time temp at around 80*f for this time of year and a drop to about 70*f during winter. Hope this helps some. Gilbery's Gecko's

Sometimes they get comfortable enough to just hang out where ever they want. My big guy Anatole almost never uses his hides, but sits just outside.
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- Melanie

2.0.0 cats
0.0.3 crested geckos
1.2.2 leopard geckos
1.0.0 Bernese mountain dog
1.1.1 red ear sliders
0.0.1 emperor scorpion
0.0.1 chilean rose tarantula
1 south american cichlid tank
2 planted tanks with dwarf cichlids and platies