Baby sulcata digging. Good, bad or normal?

Marivladi

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Hello. First of all I'd like to express my gratitude for this forum and all of you knolegable people who are willing to share their experience with newbies like myself. I introduced myself in another tread and been reading this forum like a mad woman.
My baby sulcata is with us for a couple of weeks now. We set her up in a 50 gallon terrarium, with Eco earth substrate, basking light for day heat and CHE for the night. Temperature at the basking spot is around 100, humidity is 60-80%, I keep spraying and pouring water all over the substrate. The top is partially closed with plexiglass and I put foil over the lamps.
Sorry for the long post.
So recently my little guy started do dig at one corner. He digs a whole and goes to sleep in it. Does it mean he doesn't like his half log that I have for him? Is it good that he digs? Or I'm doing something wrong. I'm thinking to setup a plastic bin for him and try that.
 

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It's fine that he digs, it's normal. Your substrate I'd too wet, it should just be damp.
 

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Put a humid hide in there, I. not sure if the thing in the middle is. Just buy a $1 plastic shoe bin to put in there.
 

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Pretty tortoise!!
Yeah, a plastic hide is better at keeping in humidity, otherwise everything seems good.
 

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