Hey Angellus,
To start Welcome to the Forums!!
( I would grab a snack - this may be a long one )
Here is goes:
First...
You are watering the plant with DISTILLED water right?
( just have to ask )
The plant doesn't need to eat a bug. Think about feeding your plant ( or it catching something on its own ) as fertilizer. That is pretty much what it is.
The VFT grows in soil that is void of everything. Very poor and acidic. So that is why fertilizing the 'natural way ' ( any plant fertilizer you can buy ) is bad. The plant isn't use to that. IT WILL DIE!
So it developed a method of catching bugs to replace what it cannot get from the soil.
WHen you fertilize a plant...it will grow fast and look a little better...sure. But if you don't fertilize a plant, it will still grow. maybe not as fast, but it will get there
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Anyway...
It is not necessary to feed your plant ( as some think. ) You can though feed it a bug about 1-2 times a month. Anymore than that and you run the risk of OVERFERTILIZING ( get it ). If you do this...sometimes the plant will not produce new traps ( it will think that it is doing fine with what it has ). The worse case is it will die from over feeding.
As long as your plant is growing, I wouldn't worry at all. You are doing fine! If these are brand new traps and leaves...they might not open all the way.
Also, if the temperature in the bathroom isn't high enough, the traps will not function properly ( say better than 75 degrees ). The cooler the temps, the slower they function ( if they function at all ).
Even though the plant doesn't 'eat' a bug, the leaves still help out by producing energy for the plant ( photosynthesis ). So don't worry. Just make sure that the plant is getting 8-10 hours of light a day.
AND
Have fun! :biggrin:
Let us know how the plant is doing!