My N. ampullaria has been pouty for several months now, probably since fall. Some of its pitchers fail to form, while others get a brown discolouration. For some reason, its new pitchers aren't turning a nice green (they just stay a sickly green, and somewhat transparent). Some of the pitchers get random brown spots (looks kind of like decay or something, no clue). The pitchers tend to not react well after I feed them. I have a hard time getting the food in the pitchers because the opening is so small and their little lid/cap things won't open all the way (they're open, but they don't hang backwards like the ones in pictures). Then the stupid food gets stuck to the side of them, not in the digestive enzymes, then I have to use a toothpick to push it in, which sometimes damages them. I've been feeding them either carrots or fish pellets once a month, since there's no bugs at my disposal. The oldest, and biggest, pitcher gets fed more food than the others. The big pitcher is the only one that's doing the best. I'm not sure if my pitcher plant's just fussing because it's winter, or what. Here's some pictures I took of him today. I used the camera on my iPad, so they're not the best. The "darker" photos are the most recent. The "brighter" ones are from several months ago. http://photobucket.com/albums/af70/teddscau/Pitcher Plants