My female veiled is having some problems.
She is spending nearly all her time in one place, near the top of her cage. She will sometimes try to eat, but when she does she is tentative about using her tongue. She takes a lot of time. She tries to get real close. She'll stick her tongue out half way, and then stop.
Then, when she does use it, it isn't doing a good job at sticking. So she ends up just flicking the cricket, and it jumps away or falls rather than sticking. I've seen her make maybe five different attempts, and every time the target has gotten away because her tongue didn't stick at all.
And she will also spend some time with her mouth just open, while she's just hanging out. And she's had a lot of unusual coloration. She normally is a pale green when just relaxing, but now it seems she's never relaxed. She's always showing dark streaks, and a lot of yellows and browns.
The only notable thing recently is stress. Our power was out for about 14 hours on Saturday, so I had to move her cage near a window for her to get some light. And it's since I moved her cage back that she's been acting strangely.
Any ideas about what might be wrong? I've considered that it might be eggs - she's about 8 months old - but the symptoms don't sound quite like what I've read for when a female needs to lay eggs, and it seems like too much of a coincidence given this high stress day on Saturday. And I'm worried that if I prep for egg laying, it might just stress her out more.
