These things I'm mentioning are things that I've found to work good for me over the years.



Babies always seem to do better when they have some kind of substrate they can burrow in. They feel much more secure and it holds some humidity better. You can use aspen bedding, soil and sand mixes, cypress mulch(but make sure cypress mulch isn't more than slightly damp as it's generally pretty damp right out of the bag". When you use one of the deeper substrates you can just slightly dampen a small corner to give it access to a little more humidity. They don't have to actually lie in the moist area but can move away or to depending on what they want.



I would use a hide on the warm and cool side, not just on one side. When they have a substrate to burrow in they can still hide while using the area that has the temps they prefer even if it's in the middle where there isn't a hide.



It's really best if you can actually find out what the temps are inside the cage. On the cooler side and the warmer side. If the temps in the room are in the upper 70's to the low 80's there is no telling how warm the side over the UTH is. In smaller cages it can make the cooler side too warm depending on how close the heater is to the bottom, how much of the cage the UTH is under and weather it's on a thermostat of some kind for adjusting the temp. I have to say that it's hard to incorperate a heated area when your overall room temps get that warm.



If you change is't setup and give it a few days it will likely be much more inclined to feed.



These are just some things that have worked good for me. There are other things you can do but these are just some things that come to mind right away.
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Randy Whittington

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