Humans are not adapted to defecate in water, but if you pour warm water on a sleeping persdon's hand, he spontaneously urinates, to the delight of his tormenters. But we should never be ashamed if people do that trick on us, because it's an autonomic response. My iguanas and my BT like the tub. IMO tub defecation happens the same way. The BT hangs around the edges, but he defecates every time. I believe it is a response to being in warm water, and not a result of scare-the-poop-out-of-him stress. He is very calm in the tub, never showing me his teeth when I come back in 15 minutes to get him. He just does not act stressed. He is not dehydrated, but then, he does not seek out water: I put him in it for 15 minutes every 167 hours. He has deep damp (no not sopping) 70F. soil to tunnel under surface objects, and remains active in moving between his temperature extremes. He commonly spends about an hour at each location. REpeatedly throughout the day. he spends hours on the dirt, apparetly resting or sleeping. Hunting would be very good for him, but he's stuck in habitats. at least they are large.

You are the set-apart one (holy man) here Frank: I bow down to you. You have lots of experience and lots of believeism. Believeism is not directly related to truth. It's what seems right to a man, which can lead to folly. I combat believesim by reading-up on my specie's care, and closely watching their behavior. I give them hotter if they want hotter, to name one variable. I think through the care of my liards very carefully to see the paths of truth in my mind's clutter of suppositions and preconceptons. It's not easy, but the lizard benefits more and more fom my ascending stewardship.

Roger

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