Hey guys, I just got a new female 06 at the expo today... I got her a 27g aquarium with a screen top and a large enough heating pad to warm the warm side to (currently) 91 without the accurite probe being taped down to the carpet, so I guess that's just air temp in that particular hide (where I anticipated she'd be most of the time) I grabbed 2 rather good sized plastic potting pots and cut holes in the bottoms for her to get through and used them for matching hides. There is also a large grapewood branch with some damp moss on it between the warm hide and the other hide and then beyond the cooler hide is the big water bowl (not really alot of slither room on the ground as much as I'd hoped (problem?) Anyway she's wedged herself under and behind the branch and hasn't appeared to notice the hides and how to get in them. How do I encourage her to go in these hides?

I also tried to feed her this evening but she refused. I am sure she is stressed from the days' events, but y'all should have seen her as we passed a large stand of live rodents! She went nuts! She was fed live, but was supposedly a great feeder that the seller thought could be convinced to go to f/t, any and all input on how to go about this would be much appreciated. I was told that they'd skipped feeding day because of the show and stuff... when would be a good time to try feeding her again?

She's not really settled down yet in her tank and usually tries to come out when I put her back in. The screen top that came with the tank makes me nervous although it fits tightly around the brim of the tank... she's pretty strong, and I sure have a lot of interested predators.... it's just your standard esu reptile tank topper screen top from the good people at glasscages... I think I'll keep something heavy on top just in case, even though it feels like a pretty secure fit... is it supposed to be enough or do I need clips of some sort?

Well... here she is again... I didn't have any questions yet so I just put her on the show thread for the show I got her at ...no name yet