Ok guys i Finally got my tank set up. I have background picture and side covered with towel so he should feel pretty safe from those two sides. I got two hides set up on two ends of the tank, a tree plant if he wants to climb on it, a water bowl in the middle, aspen substrate with newspaper under it. I also got 2 UTHs on the right side and a 60 watt red light bulb lamp on the right side. Thermostats are set, the humidity is at 55%. Buddy finally went in the hide yesterday and spent most of the time there (in the new one) but right now he's again out exploring one of the uncovered walls and climbing up towards the screen and very small gap where i guess he believes he can escape from. I am planning on not touching him for upto a week then feeding him and not touching him for another 2-3 days before starting to handle him again.

Also I think he's about to shed since his skin color has gotten slightly darker. At what point should i start increasing humidity? Also is it a good idea to spray water on aspen? If not then what else can i do to increase humidity? 1 thing i know of is moving the water bowl closer to the light bulb and insulating the tank from all sides.

1 last question. Is it a better idea to use the 60 watt lightbulb to heat up the warm side or the cool side? because if I use it for the warm side it never gets high enough (stopping around 88) while at the cool side the thermostat keeps shutting it off all the time.

Also, for some reason the 2 UTHs won't get higher than 88 degrees F even tho i have the thermostat cranked up all the way to see if that is why UTHs don't work properly. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Should I insulate the top? Right now i just have a towel covering the top and before it worked fine but it's not working anymore.