my thoughts on soaking have evolved over the years. it is definitely helpful for rehydrating, and it can keep monitors looking extra pretty, but given a good setup, with a moist substrate, it is not a weekly necessity.

if your animal is having dry sheds or dehydration issues, soak as you will. but better to address cage setup issues.

a topsoil/DG mix is actually quite nice, i like it better than straight DG. but it sounds like you have a lot of moisture at depth, perhaps building up over time, and that is making it unusable for burrowing. a bottom drain, as Ugly mentioned, helps to address this.

it is a fine balancing act : )
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