Quote Originally Posted by jclaiborne View Post
Reptiles can be more resilient that we give them credit for, you are doing a great job so keep it up! I am just spit balling ideas at the moment to help with hydration. I suggested burring the log with as deep a substrate as you can get because it will be like a humid box for them to go in, the rock under the basking area wont hold moisture. I wouldn't get the substrate soaking wet, but lets say since it looks like you have heat on both sides of the cage you put the log diagonally and pack substrate all the way around creating an opening that goes 6 inches or so down, they would be surrounded by substrate and if you throw some damp moss in there, then they will have a high humidity area for them to retreat, then they have the option of basking to get warm....these are just ideas if you get a few more days down the road, if you decide to tweak things here and there, a massive change instantly may stress him out.
I'm actually thinking about eliminating the low wattage bulb for heating the other end of the enclosure. The room stays pretty warm, so it's probably not necessary and would help to keep humidity in the enclosure. I hope you're right and that this guy is resilient as all hell. I don't want him to give up after coming this far.

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