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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chris Vogel" data-source="post: 43329" data-attributes="member: 3709">So I had a T a few years ago. Wild caught. I kept it for a month, but it didn't want to eat in captivity so I set it free. I didn't know a ton about how to keep them, but I don't think my setup was too bad.Now last week I caught a second one, and I'm trying again. The T's around my house are A. Hentzi (pretty sure). This current little one is a young'en. I found him/her under my trash barrel.  Waiting on a molt to confirm gender.Here's a pic of him/her.<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/r7ch8aj36tni2vv/Hentzi.jpg?dl=0" target="_blank">https://www.dropbox.com/s/r7ch8aj36tni2vv/Hentzi.jpg?dl=0</a>I've been doing a lot of research, and I think I have a much better setup for this one. I've got her in a small plastic critter keeper type container filled with moist (but not wet) coconut fiber soil. Soil is filling all but about 2" of the container so even if she climbs to the top she doesn't have much of a fall. Small bottle cap water dish and a little something to hide under, as well as a starter burrow.She's docile and handleable, and even better, she ate a cricket last night. So, is A. Hentzi correct? What's your guesses from the pic on male/female? I know it's definitive without a good look at the underside/molt...Nice to meet you all!Chris V.</blockquote>