As some of you know, I've been having problems with an adult(ish) female parietalis that got picky a few months ago. She will only eat worms, scenting doesn't work. Haven't tried starving her for more than four weeks at a time yet. I've managed to get a few mice into her since the end of May and a couple of small fish, maybe one per month average, but I don't see any kind of pattern. Some have been accepted only after dark (none of them recently), and only one scented. Temperatures are dropping and worms will only be available for a few more weeks; can't store them outside or the cold will kill them, can't store them indoors or the heat probably will.

She's fed really well up until this little episode and she looks and acts healthy. Her weight hasn't dropped. Temperatures are correct, so is the humidity.

Obviously this is a concern because of the low nutritional value of worms, especially when it comes to calcium (even if I've dusted the worms and I give calcium lactate with the drinking water), and because they won't be available for much longer. There's nothing wrong with her appetite, she has just become damn picky.

I definitely need more tricks.