Hello everyone, I've been hanging around but haven't gotten around to posting until now.
Got a question. I have a Mexican red rump that's about a year old. He molted about a month ago. During the night he decided to completely seal himself in his burrow. I checked, there's no escape holes at all. He just moved a lot of substrate around to close off the only exit.
He's got a little heating pad to keep him warm if it gets too cold in here ( I try not to place it directly under him), and I am careful to make sure he's got water, misting and the substrate doesn't completely dry out (I have to do this often, misting once a day, and pouring some water in because it dries out fast).
He's an excellent eater. He attacks water if I dribble it in and is pretty eager to grab crickets.
He can't possibly be ready to molt already. He hasn't had more than 10 medium sized crickets since the last molt.
He's been anti-social before, cheekily building a wall between himself and my line of sight. I do NOT handle him, he's very skittish and very fast.
Any thoughts?
Got a question. I have a Mexican red rump that's about a year old. He molted about a month ago. During the night he decided to completely seal himself in his burrow. I checked, there's no escape holes at all. He just moved a lot of substrate around to close off the only exit.
He's got a little heating pad to keep him warm if it gets too cold in here ( I try not to place it directly under him), and I am careful to make sure he's got water, misting and the substrate doesn't completely dry out (I have to do this often, misting once a day, and pouring some water in because it dries out fast).
He's an excellent eater. He attacks water if I dribble it in and is pretty eager to grab crickets.
He can't possibly be ready to molt already. He hasn't had more than 10 medium sized crickets since the last molt.
He's been anti-social before, cheekily building a wall between himself and my line of sight. I do NOT handle him, he's very skittish and very fast.
Any thoughts?