I recently bought a new female panther, unfortunately the guy didnt take care of her well so I am nursing her back to health. She drank readily when I got her, and was severely dehydrated. I got her 7 days ago exactly, put her in a 65 gal reptarium with a ficus, and threw in some dusted crickets. She didnt eat any (which I was expecting during acclimation) so I wasnt very worried. Ive had a constant supply of food for her, but never saw her eat. Until last night, my girlfriend saw her eat. I was ecstatic to hear this, but the strange thing is she was eating a 9:45pm , well after the light were off. You think she is just worried and thinks the best and safest time to eat is at night? She has to be eating because this morning there was a fresh stool in the cage and everything looked alright....
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I got a new panther female!
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i would have to say eating and dropping are a good sign since you say she was not taken care of its a real shame that these wonderful animals find there way into peoples hands that are not true enthusiests lets hope price stayes high for chams so they dont share the same story the green iguana did in the pet trade
Congratulations! Sounds like shes in better hands, she's probably needs to get used to her new surroundings and become more familiar with you, when I first got my female vieled she would not eat in front of me at all. Good luck, have faith that she will come around!
Travis
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