The reason he was not likely able to convert her to F/T was because that was horrible housing. She was constantly stressed out. Once you get her in a stable environment with good temps, humidity, she will switch to F/T no problem.

I just uploaded a video on it yesterday. You might want to check it out. It is a technique that works great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Hz9XkNv4VM