They were definitely well fed they ate 8 to 10 (sometimes more) small crickets a day, I had to get 30 -40 crickets every 2 days.

As for the "winter cycle" I did not want to put them in the fridge (our fridges tend to over chill things). at the end of the winter cycle after a week of temps slowly warming up to 77-80 degrees the female started eating more and was showing signs of producing eggs.