I decided to post and ask about this just incase their is any problems with my B.Vagans as i couldn't face losing her D:
I checked on her today and found her in the corner of her tank (in a kind of huddled position - her legs all tightly together) and i had read this could be a sign of stress (or even death =/) I actually went back to take a photo of her after i had found my camera and noticed she had moved slightly so the picture i have taken is AFTER she had moved, she was a lot more huddled in the corner beforehand (maybe me leaving the light on had effected this).
But is this a sign of her being stressed if she was so tucked up into the corner? Another thing i also noticed, is around a week ago.. usually she never moves the substrate she is on but she must have been pushing the substrate about as it now is in mini kind-of mountains/lumps. Not sure why this is?
I have been refilling her water dish to full every day (and noticed it is going down a lot faster than usual - though i check on her often and havnt ever seen her near the water dish).
Mainly the thoughts i have are-
- I live in a fairly warm apartment with the room temperature shes in at 25C and so have not been using a heat mat as using a heat mat seemed to cause them to go on the side of their tanks more (seemed to not like the heat) maybe it is time to start using the heat mat again?
- Am i doing the right thing refilling her water dish so often and dampening the area around her water dish? (would it be causing the tank to be too moist as she is in the opposite corner)
- Each time i check on them i turn the light on (random thought but could this be causing her stress? lol =/)
Maybe im just paranoid, i'd just like to know what others think as i would not like to risk losing her and if she is stressed and i can prevent this i would definitely prefer to!
The B.Smithi i have is lively as ever, and in completely the same conditions, except his water dish does not go down anywhere near as fast as the B.Vagans.
http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/9594/bvaganscnr.jpg
Picture was quite big so i've just included the link.
Thankyou for any replies ~
I checked on her today and found her in the corner of her tank (in a kind of huddled position - her legs all tightly together) and i had read this could be a sign of stress (or even death =/) I actually went back to take a photo of her after i had found my camera and noticed she had moved slightly so the picture i have taken is AFTER she had moved, she was a lot more huddled in the corner beforehand (maybe me leaving the light on had effected this).
But is this a sign of her being stressed if she was so tucked up into the corner? Another thing i also noticed, is around a week ago.. usually she never moves the substrate she is on but she must have been pushing the substrate about as it now is in mini kind-of mountains/lumps. Not sure why this is?
I have been refilling her water dish to full every day (and noticed it is going down a lot faster than usual - though i check on her often and havnt ever seen her near the water dish).
Mainly the thoughts i have are-
- I live in a fairly warm apartment with the room temperature shes in at 25C and so have not been using a heat mat as using a heat mat seemed to cause them to go on the side of their tanks more (seemed to not like the heat) maybe it is time to start using the heat mat again?
- Am i doing the right thing refilling her water dish so often and dampening the area around her water dish? (would it be causing the tank to be too moist as she is in the opposite corner)
- Each time i check on them i turn the light on (random thought but could this be causing her stress? lol =/)
Maybe im just paranoid, i'd just like to know what others think as i would not like to risk losing her and if she is stressed and i can prevent this i would definitely prefer to!
The B.Smithi i have is lively as ever, and in completely the same conditions, except his water dish does not go down anywhere near as fast as the B.Vagans.
http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/9594/bvaganscnr.jpg
Picture was quite big so i've just included the link.
Thankyou for any replies ~