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    Le Bud my Pacman used to eat about 6-10 night crawlers almost every other night. Sometimes he'd skip an extra night. He's been eating less and less, which I attributed to him maturing and not needing to eat as often since he's not growing as much. However. It's now been about 2 weeks, give or take, and he's only eaten 4 night crawlers, which was 8 days ago. He totally stopped eating crickets a few months back. I'm going to pick some up tomorrow and see if he'll eat them now. It had been a while since he had a BM. I was soaking him in warm baths and he finally passed it. His side still feels a little hard but is not bulging anymore. I'll still continue to do warm soaks now that I realized that. Any other thoughts??

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    Quote Originally Posted by Beep617 View Post
    Le Bud my Pacman used to eat about 6-10 night crawlers almost every other night. Sometimes he'd skip an extra night. He's been eating less and less, which I attributed to him maturing and not needing to eat as often since he's not growing as much. However. It's now been about 2 weeks, give or take, and he's only eaten 4 night crawlers, which was 8 days ago. He totally stopped eating crickets a few months back. I'm going to pick some up tomorrow and see if he'll eat them now. It had been a while since he had a BM. I was soaking him in warm baths and he finally passed it. His side still feels a little hard but is not bulging anymore. I'll still continue to do warm soaks now that I realized that. Any other thoughts??
    Its the season and climate changes. He will eat less during the winter, but if they really need to defecate they wont eat.


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    This much less though? He hasn't eaten in 8 days

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    This much less though? He hasn't eaten in 8 days
    Sometimes they won't eat for 2 weeks. Has he been burrowing all the way a lot?


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    Yep. He almost always burrows all the way down though

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    So its been about a month now since this guy has eaten. I dig him out every few days and try to feed him. I make him a soak and he'll usually sit for a while, shed, and burrow again. He's also been jumping into the sides of the tank alot and hopping around as if trying to get out. I plan to get more background for the sides, as I only have it on the back. Was able to force feed one night crawler last week. But that's it. Is this still normal?

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