Keep your current hide in there, but also drop in some branches from the right type of plant.Sorry may be a slow question but the uvb not basking turn off right? Will he be ok until tomorrow without it ? I also found a glass sliding top at petco would this be fine ? Regarding the "somewhere to hide " ... what I made take out ? And just use one of the bushes you suggested ?
Turn off the cfl UV bulb.
Replace the basking bulb with a flood bulb ASAP.
Don't waste money on a glass top for an enclosure that is way too small. Get a bigger enclosure.
All of this and more is explained in here:
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