There was normal packing tape on the hide boxes but I took the hide boxes out. Also I taped the Accurite to the glass with the foil tape but I took the tape off now and it's sitting on the ground again. There is foil tape around the cardboard I laid on top, I was thinking of covering them in that tape since they are near the CHE. Or should I not? There is no more tape in the enclosure at all.

Maybe I'll try the unprinted newspaper after I get the temps under control later.

Ok that makes sense it would be a few degrees off. I think it's pretty stable now. The temps on the UTH side vary from 84-88. I might set it 1 more degree higher on the thermostat. I'm still watching the cool side one, I switched it to a 100 watt because the 60 watt was almost constantly running at 100%.

I'm guessing it was just water then, I smelled it and it just smelled like mulch.

Do you think his belly is slightly burnt? It still catches on a lot of things and I feel its on his belly and sometimes on his sides.