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Another minor, irritating problem.

First, here are my setup specs:

2'x2'x4' PVC coated wire cage with 1/2" spacing
73-75 degree ambient
82 degree basking spot
55-65% humidity
2 Reptisun 5.0 tubes
3 regular plant tubes
1 ficus benjamina
1 Sheflerra
numerous climbing sticks

Why would a perfectly healthy Jackson's (my ARAV Vet just told me he was in excellent health) lay around on the cage floor, which in my case is plexiglass?
He likes to go down there late in the day and lay there, spread-eagle, and even sleeps like that, the little weirdo. Maybe he just likes the way laying on the plexiglass bottom feels.

I thought it was probably because he was hot, but that can't be. My ambient temp. is 74 degrees, every day. Always has been. He does this about twice a week. One day he'll do it, the next day he'll spend all day at the top of his tree.

He is perfectly healthy, I promise.
Anyone have any ideas why he might be doing this?

Hmm,

Either the cage is not cooling off as much as he would like at night and he's trying to get to the coolest most humid zone, or he's trying to hide from view. Check the night time temp and humidity level at the cage floor and see if it is different from higher up. He may be telling you what he prefers. Maybe there isn't a secluded enough sleeping perch.

Hmm....

I will take temp/hum. measurements at the floor tonight. I'm sure it is a little cooler, naturally. He never does this until late in the day, so I'm thinking it has something to do with him not cooling down as much as he would like around this time, just as you said.

I will try shutting some of my lights down a little earlier. Maybe the slight drop
in temp will discourage him from heading south.

As for secluded perches/hiding, I don't think that's an issue. I have a very thick Shefflera almost as tall as my very think ficus. There are plenty of places for hm to hide in there. He's done it before. It must be temp. related.