Well at least Kibbles is eating. Nickie dug into the leaf litter compost in his virverium, and I haven't seen him again. I got so nervous after three days, that I tried to dig him out, and couldn't even find him. I had to put the 10 gal. vervarium on the kitchen table and pull out all the plants, and dig around. I finally found him, and gave him a good soak. He seemed fine..eyes clear..active enough. So I tried to feed him ...wax worms, red wigglers, and small meal worms, but he just kept trying to climb out of the little box that I put him in to feed him. After about a half hour, I put him back in the vervirum, and he ran for cover, and dug himself back in. The temp. in there reads between 75..78. and the humidity index is all the way up to the tropical index. Tom from Turtle Tails said that in the wild these babies go under until next spring sometimes. I am at my "wits end"!

These pictures were taken when I first got him. He went around and investigated the whole set up. He also was eating the first few days, but only in his vervirium, never outside. So I tried to put some food in there, but he ran for the hills.

Terry

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