Have a few questions here. First off, for those of you with dirt set ups, what have you found to be the best mix to keep the lower levels of the dirt humid? My little male uro has shown no interest in burrowing and seems to be quite happy with the hide spots I've provided for him. I decided to dig around the enclosure though and see how the dirt underneath the dry top layer was and I found it to be bone dry. I plan on transfering the females in soon as both appear to be in excellent health and I want to be sure they can burrow if they'd like, especially since the one appears gravid. How do I go about "watering" the cage? Can I just get a small jug of water and poor it around the enclosure making sure it is absorbed and there are no free standing puddles, or is it best to use a spray bottle?

As I mentioned, it appears one of the females may be gravid and I'm wondering how my incubation plan sounds. I have a large kane heat mat (24"x24" I believe?) and I had wanted to use top soil as the incubation medium. I was going to put the kane heat mat and about 4" of top soil in a rubbermaid and use this for incubation. The heat mat does have a rheostat, so adjusting the temp is no problem. Does this sound like a good plan? How might a I tweek it to make it better?

Thanks,

Brian

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1 Severe Macaw

3 Mali Uromastyx

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