She is eating frozen(thawed out) pinkies now, so thats a definite plus. About the worms, is there any way to tell w/out a fecal that she has them?? if not i will get the fecal done. Anyway, no more chopped up mice. And i am now using a substrate somewhat like a sand soil mix it also contains some vermiculite, peat moss, and a very small amount of mulch, w/ sand and soil, she seems to like it.