April 11th at the New England Reptile Expo I picked up a pretty healthy female T. gracilis. For over a month I've kept her in a 20 high vivarium with some hides, live plants, a fake rock background, and a large water feature which she uses often. I've read they are very shy and she definately is, hiding 90% of the time unless she is swimming. The enclosure is kept at room temp (68-72 degrees)with only a fish tank bulb for the plants thats on during the day.

Also I have yet to see her eat. I know she eats the crickets i offer her because they are always disapearing. Also i read somewhere that they will eat fruit and I gave her a bottle cap of bananas that was gone the next day. I want to make sure thats ok because a lot of sources out there have conficting infomation on these guys. I have also offered feeder fish but she never shows any interest in them.

I'd just like to know some tips on them and make sure I'm doing everything right. Theres a lot of conflicting data on the internet so I'd just like to ask the people who know best(the people who actually keep and breed these). Also I'd like to know about any food prefences with these guys. Thanks in advance.

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