my new friend

Sorry about the quality, these were taken with my phone
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Good friend to have! :)

He's cute, but he looks a little bit dehydrated, I can see folds of skin on his side. Is that just the picture?

thats the way he was when i bought him, theres plenty of water in his tank

the fold on his neck is normal but the folding on his sides is a little odd. i'm not sure if it's dehydration or not--he doesn't appear malnurished or anything. maybe give him a 10 minute or so soak in some lukewarm water and see if that helps. do his eyes appear sunken in at all?

no, hes eating great by the way (mealies)

if hes just standing on the ground those "folds of skin" arent there, i think it was just because of the way he was standing against the glass

that's possible--that it's just the way he is stretched up. i was thinking of getting out my leo and holding him in different positions to see if his skin did something similar but he's all asleep so i figured i wouldn't annoy him at the moment. :P

He does look dehydrated and fairly underweight. He will have a much better chance at improving his condition if you rethink your substrate choice, as mentioned in the other thread. I wish you the best of luck with your new addition though! :)