Their new (temporary) home is plywood and plexi-glass 2 and 1/2 by 2 and 1/2 feet square. The inside is completely lined on the front, sides and bottom with plexi-glass to keep the wood from rotting. You can see the female about to plunk into the water bowl...which has to be changed every few days! One reason for this is: As soon as they emerge from the water...they both fling dirt up onto their backs and then, of course, wander Back into the water and dump in a load! The full spectrum light shows up as blue to the right. The standard heat bulb shows up orange to the left. The male (on the left) is on top of the new 'parking garage'. They both spend the night underneath the shelf partially buried in the dirt. They have about 3 inches of tree stump mulch and black dirt to dig in. They get about 12 hours of daylight and darkness. The hinged lid on top keeps in the heat and humidity until next morning when the lights come back on...the lid is opened and fresh morning air is let in.

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