I'm in the UK and my indoor enclosure is a mixture of topsoil and sand in one half (the half where the water and the hot spot is), and hemp (commercial name aubiose) in the sleeping half. The two halves are separated by an area of very large pebbles, to give a different texture for walking on. Lots of people over here have switched to hemp and Russians seem to love to burrow into it. I used to have all soil and sand (with pebbles and slates for basking), but it was too loose for him to burrow much and he just dug in a little bit. Now he completely buries himself in the hemp each night and loves it.

Nina

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