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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DVirginiana" data-source="post: 39181" data-attributes="member: 3320">Not eating by itself isn't a huge problem; rosies are known for randomly deciding to fast for months.The funny ways of walking could potentially be due to the molt not going 100% well and she is uncomfortable and therefore cranky, or maybe mites?There is also a problem called DKS (DisKinetic Syndrome) that can cause bizarre movements and fasting.  No one quite knows the cause of it, but I think it may be better to just go forward under the assumption that it's either mites you aren't seeing yet or a molt issue; over-worrying won't help.  Can't tell w/o a video, but the movements you're talking about seem like they are well controlled; From what I've read/seen DKS tends to look more uncontrolled (you can look up videos of it on youtube).</blockquote>