Sounds like your little guy would do well with a moist hide box. Use a small container with a lid (gladware, margarine tub, etc.) and put some moistened sphagnum moss or paper towels into the tub. You want them to be wet enough that when you queeze them, drops of water will fall out, but when you just hold them in your hand the water stays in them. Then cut a hole in the side or top of the tub that is just large enough for your snake to enter. He should find the cool, damp area fairly quickly and will probably spend the vast majority of his time in there. Also, unless the room he is kept in is pretty cool (under 68F), I would probably recommend not running the under tank heater. I keep mine at ambient temp of 72-77F during the summer and 50-55F during brumation in the winter. If you choose not to brumate, you may need to add a little heat to keep the 72F temp in the winter. This will keep him eating and digesting just fine. If you decide to leave the heater on him for now, I'd definitely keep the moist hide box on the cool side of the cage. The heat from the bottom will dry out any moist substrate that you put over it fairly quickly. Hope this helps!

Bryan







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