I'm wondering why does my star won't sleep inside hide box?
he always lay around in the middle of nowhere,
i give him 2 hide box, one on the warm side near basking area and the other one on the cool side,
basking temp is 100+
warm side 86-89
cool side 82-85
night temp never fall below 80
even in the warm area is 84-86 without any heater, i don't know why it is always warmer
at the beginning i only give one hide box on the cool side, but he always sleep near the basking spot, i thought he just prefer warmer area, so i placed another hide box near the basking area which is usually his favorite sleep area.but he is not even go in there, he sleep beside hide box
I've try some different hide box, exo terra hut, plastic box, clay pot, DIY pvc, DIY plywood
and I've try to make a little light trough inside to make it not 100% dark vs 100% dark
everything I have tried can not encourage him to sleep inside hide box,
except i move him inside while he is sleeping ( 2 weeks now i do this routine every nights )
does it gonna be a problem if he is not sleeping on his hide?
what can i do to make him encourage to use his hide?
btw he is only 2 1/4" so i don't know his sex actually, i prefer call "him" because i wanna grow a male star and wish it gonna be a male
sorry if there is so much wrong vocabulary, tenses, and hard to understand.English is not my mother language
he always lay around in the middle of nowhere,
i give him 2 hide box, one on the warm side near basking area and the other one on the cool side,
basking temp is 100+
warm side 86-89
cool side 82-85
night temp never fall below 80
even in the warm area is 84-86 without any heater, i don't know why it is always warmer
at the beginning i only give one hide box on the cool side, but he always sleep near the basking spot, i thought he just prefer warmer area, so i placed another hide box near the basking area which is usually his favorite sleep area.but he is not even go in there, he sleep beside hide box
I've try some different hide box, exo terra hut, plastic box, clay pot, DIY pvc, DIY plywood
and I've try to make a little light trough inside to make it not 100% dark vs 100% dark
everything I have tried can not encourage him to sleep inside hide box,
except i move him inside while he is sleeping ( 2 weeks now i do this routine every nights )
does it gonna be a problem if he is not sleeping on his hide?
what can i do to make him encourage to use his hide?
btw he is only 2 1/4" so i don't know his sex actually, i prefer call "him" because i wanna grow a male star and wish it gonna be a male
sorry if there is so much wrong vocabulary, tenses, and hard to understand.English is not my mother language