Hides?

[iLovePanda265]

I have noticed with my tegu Akeno he always burrows at night and doesnt stay out (because I have no hides for him at the moment, except for the malaysian driftwood) and I was wondering is it okay to just let him have his burrow as his hide, or do I need true hides even thought he just burrows at night.

 

[james.w]

I would offer hides just to prevent stress. You want to make him as comfortable as possible.

 

[rrcoolj]

If the substrate is deep enough I would say you are fine but as he grows he will need either more substrate or an actual hide.

 

[iLovePanda265]

Okay well the substrate is definatley high enough for now (probably 4.5 inches) but I will end up probably getting him a true hide when he is older.

 

[rrcoolj]

Yea I would just try to get a hide if you can. You can just use a plastic container or kitty litter pan flipped upside-down. But when I had my tegu in her 40B and was building her 8x4 I took everything out except for the basking spot because she was too big for anything else to go with her. Anyway I had about 5-6" of eco-earth in there and she was perfectly contempt burrowing in the substrate at night.