Hi all. I was handeling my baby red today and i noticed that the area by his vent felt a bit 'crunchy' as opposed to palpable and squishy. I realised that he has had a good 6 feedings without pooping, so i figured that he was a bit consipated. Since i have been trained on doing this, i soaked my boy and gently 'milked (for lack of better word)' the hard urates and poo out. I realise that this means he is dehydrated (although he shows no other signs). I had been keeping the humidity in his enclosure (a large sweater box) around 80%, then figured that it may be too much, and lowered it to 60%. I guess that was probably wrong. I will up the humidity in there. He does often hide in his bowl of moist sphagnum moss, but i rarely see him soaking (if ever). I figured that another remedy would be to soak him nightly (maybe 30 min at a time?). Im not sure of anything else tho. I do usually soak his f/t in warm water to thaw them...maybei should injuet them with water too? i dunno. He has been eating well (but only 1x weekly...maybe not enough?) any suggestions would be appreciated. I want to stop this before any dammage is done. Thanks so much. ps, here is a pic of hiss:

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