when i warm up the fuzzy it's in boiling water, and then i used a hair dryer to just to get it dry. and the hides are a half log, and something i made out of cardboard. i'm using a thermometer on the side of the tank, and i would adjust it as i saw fit earlier on when i was trying to dial in the temperature. as for his daily routine, since i'm normally up when he is, he normally spends most of the day in his hide, or playing in the water, and when he comes out he comes out for 15mins to an hour and then goes back in. so he comes out and lays on the log to warm up, cools down in the water, just does that a lot. then at night he sniffs around the top of the cage (probably looking for a way out) and spends a good amount of time exploring. is that normal?