Quote Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant View Post
I see that you are using aspen, but what is the other substrate in there? I would be worried about the aspen molding.
The other stuff is from petco, is comes in a brick, you add water to it in a bucket and its supposed to help hold moister. I added it the second day because everything was evaporating so quickly I was having a hard time keeping it humid.

Quote Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant View Post
I would also move the heat lamp directly over the hide. you need to get the hot side up to at least 88 degrees, (88-92 is the ideal range for the hot side, 78-82 degrees is ideal for the cool side. What type of bulb are you using? (white, red, blue, backlight?)

You also should really have a second hide on the cool side. this lets them thermoregulate while still being able to hide.
Ok, I'll pick up another hide soon. I'm currently using a small under tank heat pad dealy that came with the tank. I bought a dimmer for it so I could control the heat. I leave it at ~50% power. I have a thermometer probe in the substrate under the hide. I also use a 50 watt black bulb.