Quote Originally Posted by Reed12321 View Post
Basking is okay...sort of. If it's night, he's just warming up. Remember he's a hatchling and still learning things. This may be his attempt at thermoregulating. How much does he weigh now? If he starts losing significant weight, then you should be worried. He ate once for you so that means he has the ability to do so. Some hatchlings need to be assist fed in order to be taught to eat. If you can tell me how much he weighs, it'll be easier to figure out when the danger zone comes. But if he's a hatchling and he hasn't eaten for 3 weeks already, you may only want to extend this another week before attempting an assist feed. But remember, ASSIST FEEDING IS A LAST RESORT.

I do not have a scale. And he hasn't ate for me yet, but he looked more interested in it last time I tried. He hasn't gotten any thinner and he is still active. I'm just worried about him being cold or something. When I look at my probed thermometer about a inch off the ground hot side it says like 83-88 normally. But when I measure ground temp with my gun it shows 88-100 depending on how close I measure to the direct rays. I know 83-88 is cold but his belly temp/ ground temp is perfect. Am I doing that right? And he is basking in the day. It's only been three days now on the basking though. But he is there right now, just chillin.