FlytrapCare Carnivorous Plant Forums

lucid wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2024 2:44 am Ive watched all those vids i just want someone to explain if its not healthy why are the traps so much bigger

The size of the traps are not an indicator of health, it just that specific plants genetic expression. That's like saying that tall people are healthier because they're bigger. Not true.
As stated previously, the wider leaves are an indication that the plant isn't getting enough light. VFT's need direct, unfiltered sunlight and a stable environment, neither of which you are providing bright now. Modern glass filters sunlight so that a sunny windowsill is worthless. These are not houseplants. The plant will derive more benefit outside on a cloudy day than it will on the sunniest windowsill you can find.
Where you're moving it in and out is very bad for the plant. It needs a singular environment to adapt to because moving it causes stress. By moving it, you're forcing it to constantly try to adapt back and forth, expending energy, stopping its growth.
If you want to give your plant its best chance at life, put it outside in direct sunlight and keep the media moist. Read that last sentence again. Now I'll repeat it. If you want to give your plant its best chance at life, put it outside in direct sunlight and keep the media moist. Don't feed it, let it catch its own food.
These plants are very easy to take care of If you meet their basic needs. Once a person begins to think they're smarter than the plant is when the plant starts to decline, the person panics, tries to find information on how to help, then questions everything that is suggested to them. Don't be that guy, because you'll end up getting mad at the people trying to help, and they'll stop trying.
In case you missed it previously, these are not houseplants. If you want to give your plant its best chance at life, put it outside in direct sunlight and keep the media moist. It will decline some more, but the new growth will be vibrant and healthy.