WOW...Something is weird.

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Could it be he just did this one odd thing, and he's not toxing out? The rest of his behavior doesn't seem that unusual.

It should not be "squinting it's eyes." I've only seen adults do this when trying to aestivate. Another thing to consider is in many animals, too much heat can and will cause neurological problems. How are you reading the temps? For me, I've stopped using UTH's (during the summer) because it makes the enclosures too hot.

Edit; How it's behaving is not normal.

[NialR35]

It should not be "squinting it's eyes." I've only seen adults do this when trying to aestivate. Another thing to consider is in many animals, too much heat can and will cause neurological problems. How are you reading the temps? For me, I've stopped using UTH's (during the summer) because it makes the enclosures too hot.

Edit; How it's behaving is not normal.

I'm using a digital exo terra thermo/hygro meter. Sometimes temps do seem to spike up to 84F during the day but drop to 82.5F ish .At night they never seem to drop below 77F. My digital meter has a memory function that allows me to reset it every day/night to measure the highest and lowest temps during that day's readings.

About the eyes squinting, he only did it with one of his eyes while he was sitting there. Another thing I just remembered was that after I poked him when I found him in that position, he started doing this "yawning" movements, opening and closing his mouth. Kinda like when they eat some eco earth.

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That would be it attempting to or shedding.

[SCF]

I'm using a digital exo terra thermo/hygro meter. Sometimes temps do seem to spike up to 84F during the day but drop to 82.5F ish .At night they never seem to drop below 77F. My digital meter has a memory function that allows me to reset it every day/night to measure the highest and lowest temps during that day's readings.

About the eyes squinting, he only did it with one of his eyes while he was sitting there. Another thing I just remembered was that after I poked him when I found him in that position, he started doing this "yawning" movements, opening and closing his mouth. Kinda like when they eat some eco earth.

sounds like you are right on there.

[NialR35]

Now he has been under the tree log which is a place he barely goes to....I'm scared to look ....I will wait until feeding time and hope he eats back like a champ. Man this sucks....it's crazy how fast you get attached to these babies....

[GrifTheGreat]

Now he has been under the tree log which is a place he barely goes to....I'm scared to look ....I will wait until feeding time and hope he eats back like a champ. Man this sucks....it's crazy how fast you get attached to these babies....

Don't panic. When they're stressed they hide. Sometimes they just decide to use the hides you provide for them.