I decided to drive down to the reptile store on Thursday to check out what they had. I couldn't resist taking this baby home. According to the guy, it's a "she" but I'll have to get a tail pic to see what you guys think.

She's been great so far! At one point she came straight out of the dixie cup and onto my hand. She seems very curious and will chill on my hand just looking around at her surroundings. She also took silversides straight from my fingers this morning. Currently, she's in a little 2.5 gallon aquarium. I plan on moving her into a 5g that I need to empty/clean later today.

These were taken the day I brought her home :




To get an idea of size, those squares are almost exactly 1 inch. Yay for ugly sheets.






The light is an LED that produces some heat - not enough to get burned when touched though.

The petstore guy said that she was feeding on pinkies and goldfish. I'm worried because those feeder fish can be pretty gross. Do you think it's necessary to de-worm her, or just wait til she's a little older?