hi everyone
this is my first time writing but i need some other opinions on this.
my juvenile b. smithi, who was just moved to a new enclosure, has really been perplexing me. she had this habit of climbing the walls and ignoring her hide so in her new cage, i gave her more substrate and a better flowerpot hide.
now, she still ignores the hide (other than filling it in completely with substrate) and has started to burrow ( i guess?) under her glazed ceramic water dish. now i know they burrow sometimes, and i guess if she wants to i'll accomidate her. my problem is i'm worried about her digging out the water dish completely and it falling on her.
since she ignored the hide as a place to start a burrow, would it be pointless to try and direct her energies there? how would i do that? how do i get her to stop excavating under the water dish? and do other b. smithis do this kind of stuff or is she stressed out or something?
please help
this is my first time writing but i need some other opinions on this.
my juvenile b. smithi, who was just moved to a new enclosure, has really been perplexing me. she had this habit of climbing the walls and ignoring her hide so in her new cage, i gave her more substrate and a better flowerpot hide.
now, she still ignores the hide (other than filling it in completely with substrate) and has started to burrow ( i guess?) under her glazed ceramic water dish. now i know they burrow sometimes, and i guess if she wants to i'll accomidate her. my problem is i'm worried about her digging out the water dish completely and it falling on her.
since she ignored the hide as a place to start a burrow, would it be pointless to try and direct her energies there? how would i do that? how do i get her to stop excavating under the water dish? and do other b. smithis do this kind of stuff or is she stressed out or something?
please help