4 month old scratching at corner

[chrishelby]

Hi!, I'm new to the forum. My baby is scratching the glass only in the corner where she sleeps, is this normal?

 

[yagyujubei]

She thinks that she's burying herself.

 

[jaizei]

Welcome. How big of a tank are you using?

 

[dmarcus]

She is most likely just trying to settle in before she go to sleep. Even if they can't dig they still go through the motions of digging..

 

[chrishelby]

Welcome. How big of a tank are you using?

20 gallon tank, but she only scratches in the corner where she sleeps.

 

[byerssusan]

Hi ..Mine did the same. even though I had substrate in the enclosure..What I did was add more in that area where she could dig down a little deeper and it stopped. I have not heard her scratch the sides since.

 

[chrishelby]

Thanks for the info. What kind of substrate is good to use? I have been using terrarium liner because that is what the vet suggested.

 

[jesst]

Morla did the same thing just before she feel asleep. it seemed like she was making it like a bed for herself. She is finally sleeling in her hide for the first time tonight, but I switched enclosures today. do you have a hide for your little one?

 

[chrishelby]

I do have a hide, but she hasn't used it yet. Usually she sits just outside of it.

 

[ripper7777777]

Peanut does that no matter where she sleeps and no matter what she is on, if she is on the coco, she only digs enough to make little piles around her, but it is always in a corner.

 

[steven]

Mine does it too he is about 4months.
I have coco coir in my terrarium, he loves it. Even when I let him roam on the carpet he finds a corner and just tries to climb or dig.

 

[SteveP]

Mine did too until he made a nice little hole to sleep in.