Unfortunately my first post here has to be a sad one as I come looking for help for our White's named Edward. It's been 8 days since he last ate and during those 8 days he has been spending most of his time in his water dish or hiding. He generally only changes where he sits 2-3 times a day.

I keep his cage at 80-82F at the top and it decreases to about 76F at the bottom with about 50-55% humidity. I've been having issues with high humidity and switched him from a moss substrate to white paper towels that I change at least every other day.

He is fed every other day a diet that has been mostly crickets along with waxworms every 3rd or 4th feeding. Crickets are fed Flukers orange cubes and dusted with calcium at least once per week. Currently he shows no interest at all in waxworms and will sometimes go after a cricket if it passes near him but won't hunt or chase them.

What has me most confused is that he seems to perk up and act more normal when I remove him from his cage while I clean it and change the paper towels. He'll change from an olive brown color to his normal mint green color and also seem more alert as well. Room temperature when he is out is 78F which is slightly warmer than the bottom of his cage (~76F) where he has been hiding lately.

Edward:

Picture of Edward's cage:


Sorry for such a long first post, but I wanted to be as thorough as possible with any information needed. I am looking into finding a exotics vet in my area that could look at Edward as well, but any advice or suggestions are greatly appreciated! Thank you!