I acquired a 3 month Dumerils this past weekend. I'm letting him settle in and will give him his first meal with me this weekend. He shed yesterday. Here's an overview pic of his tub (12 qt Sterilite)



The aspen is about 2" thick. When I first got him, he spent his whole time on top of the little cardboard hide



But when I checked him yesterday, I found that he had shed and completely buried himself in the aspen. So I figured he was on the hide because he was close to shed. But when I checked on him today, he was back on top of the box.

My understanding is this species likes to be buried, so I'm curious as to why he seems to like being on the box. His temps are good (85 hot/ 75 cool) ambient around 70-72. Humidity is high (85%) but I'm trying to bring it down; no visible condensation. I know the seller didn't feed him last weekend, so he hasn't eaten for a week and a half.

Any thoughts? Is it the environment, is he hungry, something else or is this within the realm of normal behavior? I've considered removing the hide since he doesn't go in it, but he does like being on it.

Here's a post-shed pic just for fun




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