My hero Adam LOL and thank you Christie for your kind thoughts.

Adam, apparently the original pet store that sold her to her first owner "admitted" she was wild caught for what that's worth.

We are heading out tomorrow to pick up her set-up to have it all regulated prior to her arrival Wednesday morning so I do thank you for all the suggestions and will certainly follow your wisdom. I have a spot in our master bedroom that is quiet and very low light where she's slated to go (where we started Baby and Punkin actually). We will maintain strict quarantine and "hands off" until we have established a consistent feed pattern with her.

My only question is about having our vet see Maude. My first instinct is to say....she's been seen by a vet after she was originally purchased (information passed to me that she was given a de-worming type treatment as well as an antibiotic for a slight wound to her side which is now healed)...she is free of mites or ticks...so I feel it would be best to not stress her with a visit to our vet at this point.

She was purchased in Feb 05 so she has been in "captivity" so to speak approximately 6 months. There is no information at this point as to her approximate age other than she was probed as female. Mike and I talked a lot about how this will be a very slow process with Maude and we need to keep our hopes realistic with her. We realize that some just don't ever adjust to captivity but we are going to give Maude her chance and just watch for tiny steps forward when they occur.


~~Jo~~