Illness/Sickness: Overconcerned lotl parent worried about bloat

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I fed my 3yr old female some raw shrimp meat 10 days ago for the first time and it definitely did not agree with her :p Since then she's been looking a bit fat/bloaty and today her back legs are floating a little. She has also not been as active as usual. I fed her some pellets three days ago (she took them readily) to help "move things along" but have not noticed any change. I'm wondering if this is a point where I should be concerned or considering fridging?

Water chemistry is normal, temp is 18.5 C (pretty typical). Female 'lotl is kept alone on tile-bottomed 40 liter tank and usually fed on pellets, home-raised red wigglers, and bloodworms. Obviously she will not be getting any more shrimp any time soon.
 
If it's only back legs floating, that's the "I need to poop!" signal! One of my juveniles was like that for weeks (s/he's such a pig!!), but now that he's not eating as much, he's stopped the constant rear-end floating.
 
My juveniles did this a lot when they first went onto earthworms. They don't do it so much now that they are used to them.


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