Most definitely NOT a VFT. I think you've got some kind of herb (maybe pineapple sage???) Did you end up with little red flowers? I want to try my hand at growing VFTs as well and have been reading up on how to germinate and grow these fascinating plants. Here's a link I found very helpful about how to grow these guys. I just ordered some seeds on eBay, so we'll have to wait and see what comes up. BTW, you should be able to find photos of actual VFT seedlings online. They look just like mini VFT. Here is a link that might be useful: Venus Flytrap Info

suckerforroses: Patience is key to stratifying seeds of North American plants of any type. In any case, the Venus Flytrap seed should have sprouted by now. That terrarium kit is the worst idea I have seen in all my decades for North American carnivorous plants in any case. First off, it is not for beginners. Second off, carnivorous plant seed rarely take 100 percent, so you rarely have all of the species germinate. Third off, terrariums are the best way to kill carnivorous plants by promoting fungus, reducing the amount of sun they can recieve, and the drainage problems of terrariums promote bacterial infection to boot. Oh, one other point is that carnivorousplants take years to grow to a good size, so is also terrible for those of us with little patience. Some of the seeds might even take 6 months to actually sprout if at all. If you keep the kit, try stratifying them again for 8 weeks as carnivorousplants advised and then when you take it out of the fridge, ditch the terrarium top, drill some holes in the bottom and place it in a tray of 1 inch water under good window or florescent light and hope for the best. You can never tell how long the seeds they sent you in those little gimmick kits have been sitting around in cold strorage. The only stay viable for about a year or two. The Venus Flytrap seeds do not need stratification, but can survive cold overwintering, so it wont hurt anything to keep them cold, but that kit did not even tell you that the Flytrap seeds did not need stratification I bet. The other North Amrican seeds from the pitcher plants and sundews will need stratification for sure. Without cold, damp conditions their seed coats do not break down and allow them to germinate. If you are interested in growing carnivorous plants, get a real bargain by trading or asking for plants from growers here or by buying from a specialist nursery and obtaining adult plants with no nonsense instructions or silly terrariums to start with. Not many carnivorous plants need a terrarium to grow well (only a few of the finicky tropicals) in most environments.

^ Regarding your question about water... I keep about an 'inch-plus' of water inside the bottom of the glass where the pot is inserted. I water with distilled water from the top. When the water drains through the growing medium, it accumulates in the bottom of the glass (about an inch or so). Usually my watering schedule is based on the top dressing of long fiber sphagnum ~ when that starts drying out I water. Because I'm using a small array of LEDs for lighting, heat build-up is minimal. I have a small glass mercury thermometer inside the enclosure (the enclosure is open topped) and the temperature within barely gets above 82f with lights on. Reflection off glass presents no problems. Because I don't keep these guys in a fully enclosed container/display/terrarium, I don't really know if heat and humidity would produce a negative effect by doing so. I saw NC in your original post. I live in 'Caroilna' not far from where these guys grow in the wild. I've seen colonies growing out of pure sand, pine needles, sphagnum, and different mixtures/variations from the ground. Many grow in full sun and heat, some are shaded. Many have blood red traps, and some are green. One common factor is that they all have a source of table water close to the soil surface. As for the dormant period, I have also gradually shortened the photo-period of my lighting in late fall and winter, and placed in a room that gets down to 60-58f during the winter. It works for me, but might not necessarily work for someone else. Too many times: I've read/heard not to grow indoors, not to put in a terrarium, only full sunlight... and then all the debate of "it can't be done" (or it's impossible). My favorite: never grow in this or that, only grow in peat - peat/sand - or New Zealand long fiber sphagnum moss. I've seen plants growing out of sand, and plants growing out of pine needles in the wild. Guess what? To date, I've never seen such beautiful, hardy, healthy, and vibrant plants as those. If I listened to all the "so-called" advise, I would never be doing what I am doing now. Here's a pic of the plant shown from my first post. It was grown from seed. The reason for the picture is so you can see how moist the LF sphagnum on top of the pot is. When this starts drying out, I water until about an inch of water is standing on the bottom (the growing medium wicks up that water and keeps my plant happy). I also grow Dionaea outdoors in full sun. Differences being: a self watering plastic pot is used (keeps about an 1" of standing water on the bottom of the pot), a top dressing of peat moss is used over my pine needle growing medium instead of long fiber sphagnum, distilled water & rainwater (indoor plants gets 100% distilled water), and the outdoor plants have the luxury of an 'all you can eat' insect buffet (indoors ~ just light & water, maybe an occasional spider or ant might come their way). That's the reason you can see so many missing traps in this photo - the traps have opened and closed so many times from eating that they died back.

Love your post. I have two two year old cats and since they can now get out and climb real trees my houseplants started looking good. About 7 weeks ago I took in two little 3 week old kittens now they are about 10 weeks old and all over the houseplants. I have a 7 foot tall palm they love it. I spray them with a sprayer with water when they climb, but they climb when I'm not looking.lol. They also think plant pots are better litter boxes. I hang what I can and just love the cats so much I forgive them all the time. I make sure all my plants are not toxic to animals. I sleep with atleast one cat,they are in at night, and never squished any. I think our bodies remember when we sleep, so we are careful. I am sure you and Jasper are going to have a long and love filled life together. One thing my animals taught me is that life if blessed and live it with love and play.