Well, I must say, my dirt I found on the gopher mounds has worked out absolutely awesome. The reason I know this is because I just dug up poor little Nebu's burrow and all I can say is, WOW, what a hole! I cannot even imagine how large Boulder's natural burrow would be after seeing Nebu's. The reason I dug him up is because after seeing him every single day he had not come out for the last 3 days and I started to worry not being able to see him or get to him. He had dug a hole that spiralled down 3 complete loops (Robyn do you notice they spiral their burrows?) into the 2 feet of dirt and ended up on the most extreme corner, unable to dig down anymore. I think the problem was he got so far from the basking light that he no longer became warm enough to wake up and come out to eat/bask. I think I am going to rebuild his cage and place an undertank heater on the bottom underneath the dirt to warm it up when he digs down there again. The dirt held the burrow beautifully. It was more dry than moist and had ended up being this fairly hard dirt. Nebu is fine, he was sleeping at the very bottom. He has grown quite a bit since I put him in there.



Robyn, my questions are:



1. Do you find that some just randomly decide to stay under for a few days every once and a while?



2. Suggestions on heating? The cage is in a 55 gallon rubbermaid bin and is filled with about 150lbs of dirt or so.



3. Moisture content. Why do you suggest keeping the dirt so moist? My dirt had dried out significantly and the burrow seemed even stronger because of it.



Thanks!



Peter

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