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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nubka" data-source="post: 138164" data-attributes="member: 28298">Hi everyone - I am new here!  My husband have just taken in a two year old female Chilean Rose from a lady that moved and couldn't take her along.  We have experience with ball pythons, corn snakes, and bearded dragons, but not with T's.First of all, is two years old considered to be an adult?  Secondly, what size crickets should I give her?  We buy large ones for our beardies, but the small crickets are soooo tiny, so I'm not sure what to do.  Also, we feed our beardies super worms - would those work, or would meal worms be better?We have had her with us for eight days now, and are keeping her in a dimly lit area of our bedroom.  How long  should we wait before offering food?  She is in a nice, cozy tank with two hides, a tiny water dish, a mesh lid and an overhead pink light bulb that gives off very little warmth.  Should we use the light at all, or is it stressful for her?So far, she moves about quite a bit, and seems to favor one of the hides over the other.  According to her last owner, she has only molted once.  Does that sound about right?  She was never handled, so would it be ok for me to work with her at some point, or having gone this long with no handling, would it just be too stressful for her?Sorry for all these questions, but we try our best to provide healthy environments & care for our other reptiles, and want to do the same for Miss Evelyn.  Thanks!</blockquote>

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