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I got Blanche all set up in her new substrate! It got pretty dicey there, during the move. Not because of Blanche, but because my boyfriend and I butted heads a bit on the method of movement. I had this idea that if I could gently encourage her to go into her barrel hide, I could just take the whole barrel out without disturbing her at all. She loves her barrel, and I have been able to lift her out in her barrel without upsetting her before. My boyfriend, said I should just put my hand in there and push her onto it, like he watched her previous owner do. Then, when I was taking too long to encourage Blanche into her barrel, he decided to try to pick her up himself. *Sigh* Poor Blanche, saw his big man hand coming at her, and immediately started pulling her legs in, not in full threat pose, with front legs lifted, but enough of a pose to make me insist my boyfriend get away, and leave me to it! He was a bit offended. After he frightened her like that, I decided to stick with the cup and cardboard method. It worked very well, and I was able to move her quite easily! Yay!
I am happy to say, she definitely ate that cricket and wax worm! I looked through all the sand, and there was not a living bug in sight.
I got it all cleaned up, and all her decorations cleaned, and I made sure the substrate was much deeper. I took out the log that was too short for her to fit under, and I added a new fake plant. I think it looks nice. Hopefully, she likes it!