I've already warmed the temp a bit, and I have, if I remember correctly, a "reptisun 5.0" UV bulb runing over her cage. Its the same model of bulb I've used for the last couple of years, and the current bulb is ~6 mo. old. So it aught to be putting out sufficent UV.

I have managed to get her to swallow some baby food today using the licking reflex, and have gotten her to "attack" the end of a tweaser on which I've skewered the guts of a fresh cricket. She's seemed to swallow this. But as I said before, she's so territorial, I'm not sure if this "force feeding" is more stressful than benificial...

Next thing I may try is making a cricket "soup" (by grinding up the internal organs of freshly killed crickets, with a bit of electrolyte supplement added for vitamins) and dripping this onto her nose...

The baby food I used today can't possibly be good for long term feeding, at the very least it will probably cause some loose bowls. But at least if I do see a fresh defication tomorrow I'll know she doen't likely have a bowl obstruction.


Any other suggestions would be appreciated. We're still holding on and hoping for the best.

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