Yeah, when I first got my pastel she keep striking at the front of the viv, hard about 6-8 times. She calmed down after that and then started up again. I was trying to focus on getting her feeding over taming her down but if I can't get her out for cleaning there may be a problem I may invest in some thin leather gloves and try to handle her until she realises I'm not scared of her and she has no need to be scared of me.

I think cluttering up her viv more would be very beneficial also. I was tempted to downgrade her to a tub but I can't afford another heat mat and mat stat right now and I can't attach her to the mat stat I have at the moment as my boy is still in quarantine away from her.