Illness/Sickness: Overconcerned lotl parent worried about bloat

[DigiFish]

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 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.

 

[tigmades]

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.

 

[wandering]

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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