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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cuddles2014" data-source="post: 29448" data-attributes="member: 3134">Most sorry for the delay in my reply. I just got done moving to a different house. If timing was not bad to begin with to have to move her in the mood she was in already. Oh well, I tried to make the move as painless as possible for her. Some thoughts I have had and triggered by the replies here as to why she may have been antsy and still a bit (understood from the move). The only thing different in her tank was the introduction of the "Bug Box" where as before as I mentioned I used to buy bulk crickets and dump them in all at the same time. I have mixed up the sizes in the past when using the bulk crickets and that never seemed to bother her and she would stalk them out and pounce on them when they came by. But since I bought the "Bug Box" she started to act strange. Yes, I put the box in her tank and let them come out slowly so she would not over eat. I guess I should have just put them in her tank minus the box which is a bright red color and the other thing is too that it seemed as though when the crickets would go near her she would almost run away from them as though she was saying "leave me a lone !!" So maybe the bright red box and the timing of her maybe ready to molt pissed her off a bit. But now with the move she is really anxious. I put her in my walk in closet in my bedroom in a dark corner in her little carrying plastic box so she will settle down. It has been about a week now. I live alone so no one is poking around in the closet all the time. Hopefully she will be ok. Normally when she is in her tank I have plain peat moss in there. I have a fake tree trunk made of hard plastic and a little plastic container that I put up on the end and filled mostly with peat moss so she can go inside and hide or hide under the tree trunk. I made sure I bought the plain peat moss not the type with all the fertilizers and stuff. Should I use something else? She seemed to be fine with that and the last time she molted (about 8 months ago) she was in the peat moss and seemed content. I made it a point to feed her about 10 days before I moved so that I would not have to bother her after I moved by putting crickets in her tank.  Any ideas or suggestions would be great. Thanks and sorry again about the delay in my reply. "Cuddles" Daddy</blockquote>

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