Thanks for all of this food for thought, folks. I have been a little stressed out as my goal was to rescue the guy and now I fear that I am actually making him sick. 
He came from an environment where he was 1) never outside, 2) not receiving any UVB from his indoor lighting, 3) eating spinach, 4) never getting soaked, 5) not exposed to any humidity and 6) receiving no calcium supplement. So, yes, he is starting to pyramid and I'm hoping to reverse that!
I think he was getting too cold at times outside the past few days so I'm going to keep him inside until I can ensure that his outdoor set-up can accommodate temperature drops. Since I am out of the house three days a week from morning 'til night, I can't put him out on those days unless I can ensure that he can get to warmth if need be. As such, I'm going to keep the Mercury Vapor Bulb that I purchased for UVA/UVB and heat. I will use that on those days that he does not get outside. I will continue to use the black light at night in his indoor enclosure. Additionally, I am going to set-up and use the lights as Sandy suggested - black light on hide side, only on at night; MVB on opposite side, only on during day.
As for his flipping over that I had mentioned, it couldn't have been longer than 30-45 minutes as I was checking on him quite frequently.
My boyfriend can't do any work on the outdoor part for another month or so, so I am going to wait on working on the heating solution for that until then.
Phew, that's a lot to say!
Oh, one more thing, should the humidity be 70% throughout the indoor enclosure or only on the hot side (which would mean, I assume, that I would wet that 1/2 but not that other)?
Thanks again!
Courtney
He came from an environment where he was 1) never outside, 2) not receiving any UVB from his indoor lighting, 3) eating spinach, 4) never getting soaked, 5) not exposed to any humidity and 6) receiving no calcium supplement. So, yes, he is starting to pyramid and I'm hoping to reverse that!
I think he was getting too cold at times outside the past few days so I'm going to keep him inside until I can ensure that his outdoor set-up can accommodate temperature drops. Since I am out of the house three days a week from morning 'til night, I can't put him out on those days unless I can ensure that he can get to warmth if need be. As such, I'm going to keep the Mercury Vapor Bulb that I purchased for UVA/UVB and heat. I will use that on those days that he does not get outside. I will continue to use the black light at night in his indoor enclosure. Additionally, I am going to set-up and use the lights as Sandy suggested - black light on hide side, only on at night; MVB on opposite side, only on during day.
As for his flipping over that I had mentioned, it couldn't have been longer than 30-45 minutes as I was checking on him quite frequently.
My boyfriend can't do any work on the outdoor part for another month or so, so I am going to wait on working on the heating solution for that until then.
Phew, that's a lot to say!
Oh, one more thing, should the humidity be 70% throughout the indoor enclosure or only on the hot side (which would mean, I assume, that I would wet that 1/2 but not that other)?
Thanks again!
Courtney
