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<blockquote data-quote="m0lsx" data-source="post: 183273" data-attributes="member: 29323"><p>That substrate does look slightly moist. And looking at the photo, it looks suspiciously like your water dish is possibly leaking. My experience is that a lot of the commercial water bowls do leak. That is the reason I use things like peanut butter, soft drink & milk carton lids. </p><p></p><p>Some T's like to bury or fill water bowls, so using things like lids, some of my enclosures have more than one lid in it, but only one will be used for water. The other, or others are buried.</p><p></p><p>If you look at the photo you posted, you will see that the substrate on the left is darker than the top right. For a desert species it should look more like the substrate on the top right. With a small area of substrate like the darker substrate, which you allow to totally dry before damping another small area. </p><p></p><p>I tend to move my water dishes around every couple of weeks & simply overflow it slightly. That also stops mould as, no one area is slightly damp for more than about a week at a time. </p><p></p><p>Your T will settle down, as the substrate dries.</p><p></p><p>T's drink very little & some you never see drink.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="m0lsx, post: 183273, member: 29323"] That substrate does look slightly moist. And looking at the photo, it looks suspiciously like your water dish is possibly leaking. My experience is that a lot of the commercial water bowls do leak. That is the reason I use things like peanut butter, soft drink & milk carton lids. Some T's like to bury or fill water bowls, so using things like lids, some of my enclosures have more than one lid in it, but only one will be used for water. The other, or others are buried. If you look at the photo you posted, you will see that the substrate on the left is darker than the top right. For a desert species it should look more like the substrate on the top right. With a small area of substrate like the darker substrate, which you allow to totally dry before damping another small area. I tend to move my water dishes around every couple of weeks & simply overflow it slightly. That also stops mould as, no one area is slightly damp for more than about a week at a time. Your T will settle down, as the substrate dries. T's drink very little & some you never see drink. [/QUOTE]
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