I went to WalMart today to pick up contact paper to cover the top of the tank that came with the new arrival, and stopped off in gardening to look for a replacement water dish, hoping to find a smaller one that would still be big enough. I didn't find a satisfactory water dish, but I did find somehing that struck me as perfect for a humid hide. Here's a pic:



Figured out what it is? It's a hanging basket liner made of coconut fibers, about half an inch thick. I turned it upside down, cut a hole in the side, dampened it slightly, and put it on top of the water dish for a ready-made humid hide.

I made a few more changes to the enclosure in the hopes of getting the temps and humidity right. As you probably guessed, I applied the contact paper to cover most of the hardware cloth on the tank top, leaving a 1/2" strip for ventilation and cutting a hole for the ceramic heat element. I used clear contact paper, so I left the part under the light solid as it lets the light through (I know light isn't needed, but I figure why change it?). I also propped the tank up 1/2" off the floor and put a heating pad under the side with the humid hide, though I didn't turn it on because it was 80F/59% humidity in the room at the time.