i forgot to mention cage specifics... i should know better by now. it is a juvinile, just under 3 feet long. it has two big pieces of cork bark to hide under one on each end. i've been using Carefresh bedding until i make sure it has no mites or anything else like that. humidity is hanging in at around 70 to 80 percent. it burrowed down into the bedding under the cork on the warm side. but i am know to be perinoid.