After I posted yesterday, I prepared him a warm bath with some honey in it, just in case he was impacted. The last thing he ate in November was a mouse, so I was somewhat concerned about that being a possibility. Also put 5-7 crickets in the cage and then went to bed.

Woke up this morning, and he had left a present for me in his water bowl and also dug himself a little hole in the substrate near the heating pad that he settled into. I could also only count 3 crickets, so unless the crickets are hiding somewhere (possibility), it looks like he ate 2-4 crickets last night.

At any rate, he is obviously strong enough to walk in and out of the water bowl, as well as dig, so I am a little less concerned than I was previously (especially since your male did something similar). I'll post updates if/when they do come.