Since I picked him up as a rescue, he has been okay with me moving him to a feeding tank. As a one time thing, I didn't because I didn't feel like being bit. There is a lot of, let's call them suggestions, on the internet of feeding in their habitat as opposed to not feeding in their habitat. He knows when it's feeding time when I put him in the tank, he is not stressed out and it works out great for us.

He has two hides that are made from the bottoms of kitten litter pans. The habitat is mostly dark and I have the entrances facing away from the glass doors. I would have to say they are about a medium size and he fits quite snugly in them. Snake is in his cool hide right now.

As for temp, when I raised the temp on the cool side to anything above 70, he didn't seem to like it very much and spent a lot more time pressed up against the cold glass doors than anywhere else. I consulted with a herp vet and she said to leave it at 70 if it works for him. Temp hasn't changed much since I moved him from an all glass enclosure to a plastic enclosure. Current thermometers are from Japan and I have an infrared handheld as a backup. Everything matches, temp wise. When he was shedding, I did spray the tank twice a day - once when I got up and then once before heading to bed. When I had him in the glass enclosure the temp was all over the place.

Lastly, I am aware of not removing the stuck skin as that sounds painful even for a human. I used the shed-ez because plain water didn't do the trick on the last shed.

--PD