Cookie's little nose found a way to burrow under the substrate and paper towel I placed underneath. I woke up to the sound of him trying to poke his nose back up to the surface, or so I imagined, but unable to do so because of the paper towel. I pulled him out and he had a little paper towel piece stuck in his mouth.

It's 3AM and it's the most I've seen him up and about, so I checked the state of everything. (Usually he's sitting in one of his hides. It's strange that he's exploring and being active...)

His humidity is low again. Sitting at about 40% with humidifier running. (It's at 20% when the humidifier is inactive) The heat is on so I think that's drying the air a lot. (I have my fan on because it's uncomfortably warm for me) His tank heat is 90 with UTH on the warm side and 82 on the cool side. No lamp right now.

I gave him fresh water, a cool rinse (water was 75, according to the thermometer, so it felt warm to me, but I imagine it felt cool to him), pulled the plug on the UTH and about to seek a better one from online with an inbuilt thermostat (I'll be looking through old threads. I know it's been linked. If anyone wants to re-link though, I would be gracious.) and better substrate. (Aspen eats humidity AND heat.)

The UTH used to be on a thermostat I had borrowed from my old roommate, however I had to leave that behind. The substrate on the surface was sitting at 88-93 depending on how close you are to the part where it's a bit compressed, but underneath the substrate, the glass surface is a worrying 118...

(All in Fahrenheit)

And since he is burrowing now... that can only mean it could have meant a burnt Cookie.

Things were going great before. The humidifier was keeping it at 60% and the cool side was at 75 and the warm side was at 85-90 with the UTH and Lamp. But now it's worryingly crappy. -face pillow-

Will he be ok for a couple days if I completely cover his tank up? It's usually really good at retaining heat, but if the lamp is on he may get too hot, so I'll have to keep that off while I'm gone. And the humidifier runs out of water every 6-8 hours, so I can't really keep that running while I'm gone. He's got fresh water, so I'm hoping that won't hurt him too much...



While writing this, I forgot to turn the light back off. He is not pleased. Soon as I turned the light off he started exploring his tank again. I can hear him poking around.

Does exploring more than finding a cooler/warmer hide always mean they are hunting?


Herp Derp