thnx Grif, your very helpful and i greatly appreciate it. Good news hes eating crickets, slowly, but hes eating them, i watched him eat 3 out of 5 that i put in his tank, he wouldnt move to get em so i had to chase the crickets over to him and he would only eat them when they were on his left side, i dont kno if its him being tactical because hes sittin in the back left corner of the tank, and he waits until it gets between him and the glass, then he'd stick em, but he sticks his tongue to the glass lol so thats a sign of relief, i only bought a dozen crix as an experiment. Im also working on cultering nightcrawlers too as an experiment, so i can save money on those.