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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ArvadaLanee" data-source="post: 64821" data-attributes="member: 4315"><img src="http://i64.tinypic.com/vzg9xh.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Thanks, everyone, for the warm welcome. Since we were told that Blanche hasn't been offered food in quite a while, we decided to offer her a cricket, and a wax worm, just to see if she is ready to eat yet. She went into her barrel hide while I wasn't watching, and I'm not sure if she took the wax worm, because I can't see it anywhere now. Just before we put the food in there, my boyfriend thought he might try to pick her up, but when he put his hand in her tank, she made a defensive posture, and I told him I thought it was a bad idea. I think she may need some time to adjust, and get comfortable. I am a little nervous about trying to remove uneaten food tomorrow. Hopefully, Blanche won't be upset if I'm reaching in there. I have been reading, but I still have a lot to figure out. I don't know what type of rose hairs there are and how to tell them apart, and there seems to be some debate about that. I am trying to include a pic in this post, so hopefully it works. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>