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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ems" data-source="post: 93419" data-attributes="member: 11242">Finally ate, and I feel like I figured out the problem. I'd only tried to tong-feed her before, but she'd just aggressively nip at it and back up or just run away. Decided to drop two crickets in there just in case she changed her mind. A few hours later in the dark I heard something quickly tap and scuttle against the glass, and sure enough her fangs were sunken into that poor little thing while it writhed in agony for over ten minutes. She was several inches up the bark beforehand, snatched the cricket (don't know if she ran down or leapt), and was right back in the same spot in the blink of an eye. Needless to say, I think she prefers hunting her prey. So happy she finally ate. I wish I could give her a high five right now... Or a high eight, I guess.About the heat: went ahead and got a small heating pad and just have it propped up against the side as opposed to sticking it directly on there (mostly because the sticky part came off when I peeled the paper off the pad). The glass on that end feels warmer but not "hot", so I'm not too worried. I live down in georgia where the heat index has gotten over 110F this year, so I like to keep my room cool.[ATTACH=full]19524[/ATTACH]</blockquote>