Actually, I bought the hermit crab UTH type. It says on the peel off label on the heat pad to use on glass only. It also says it can crack the glass if water gets on the glass where the heater is, so I am a bit wary of using it due to the need for misting. For those who have used these, please, I need experience/comments on this. I do have a basking light I could use, would use a 25-watt bulb so it wouldn't get so hot -- but, I have read that those lights tend to dry out the enclosure (but why wouldn't any heat source do this?).

Also, I am really confused on whether the heat is necessary in the first place. Some sites say to provide a heat gradient, some say they are ok at room temperature. I have read that the babies/juveniles shouldn't have as high heat as the adults. I should say my home is kept around 74 - 76 in the daytime, 73 at night, in the summertime. In the winter, it is set at 68 during the day and 70 at night. My "big guy" doesn't have a heat source right now, other than the overhead flourescent lighting. He stays buried in the bedding. I think my big one is a male, I think I've heard him croaking, but as I typed this I heard similar croaking and it turns out it is one of my green tree frogs.

Again, any advise/experience would be greatly appreciated.

I would really like to know about feeding this little one. He/she was hopping around last night, and has settled in under the longer cork hide today. I didn't try to feed it last night. As I said above, I have fruit flies, all three types (Melanogaster, Hydei, Turkish Gliders -- sorry for any spelling errors on these). The smallest crickets I have are around 1/4 inch, way to big for the little guy. I think I can get pinhead crickets from a local pet store, and if they are a better food I can try those, or both.

Here's my big guy buried in the substrate bedding, can only see part of his head. Sometimes I can only see just a bit of his nose.
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