Quote Originally Posted by Crowfingers View Post
Apologizing now for the word wall:

I personally think that they do get some 'wonder lust' on occasion. Mine roams as usual for a few hours every night, however sometimes he's more restless than others. If if is trying to make a break for it when I change his water or check temps - then I get him out.

I have a bunch of rocks, branches, logs, pots, and a wooden frame that I drag out into the center of the living room, assemble and allow him supervised exploring time. I have an extra hide that is exactly like his other 3 that I put out and a heat lamp warming the area. If he heads directly into his hide, then back to the cage he goes. Most of the time he periscopes and inspects the 'gym' for a few min then proceeds to explore every nook and cranny. He climbs the branches and pokes in and out of the pots and rocks for 10-30 min. I leave him out longer in the summer when the room is warmer and more humid.

Usually this calms the cage breaking for a week or two. Since winter is often too cold and dry in the apartment to bring him out long I switch up his rocks and branches every month or so, rearrange as much as possible with hide placement and all, add new textures to his non-main hides (reptile carpet, sphagnum moss, crumpled plain brown paper). In the fall I've collected dry clean leaves that I have frozen to kill bugs for a few weeks then toss them in for enrichment.

Keep in mind that what works for mine, may not work for yours, hes in a T11 and has 4-5 hides total and lots of room for clutter. All of the wood branches are scrubbed and rinsed then allowed to dry for several months (checking for mold and bugs regularly) before being introduced. I either soak / boil the rocks depending on size as well. Everything I'm not currently using stays inside too.

(I'm not a crazy person, but I have at least 200 pounds of rocks in my house and tons of curled twisted branches that I have collected over the years. Almost got a degree in geology so I spend lots of time rock collecting lol - since he can't break them snoot gets the smaller smoothish ones to explore. I collected the branches originally for carving walking sticks - then learned that I'm not good at carving - so they are also mostly decoration)
I was thinking some variety would help her feel better. She enjoys both her hides but loves being outside her cage more. She explores my bed and I put her away when she hides. She is learning.

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