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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NatashaG" data-source="post: 80491" data-attributes="member: 5331">Last week I noticed that my T (B.Smithi) was a hell of a lot more active than usual. He had, up until that point, not really been seen out and about other than sitting at the back of his hide. Then he started sitting at the entrance of his burrow and even at one point chased his food out, which I have been delighted at, because he finally seems to be settling in. That was until a few days ago when I woke up and did my daily check of him in the morning, and he was right up on the side of his tank, climbing (which worried me as I know B.Smithis' are meant to be terrestrial). I've kept a closer eye on him than I usually do, just to see if there could be a reason for him not wanting to be on the ground, and I can't see anything. The substrate is bone dry, and the only moisture is his water dish, which is filled daily too. He doesn't look to have any marks on him, apart from the missing patch of hair on his abdomen, which I have posted about before. Since then, he hasn't been on the ground, he has stuck to climbing around the heights of his enclosure and now I'm worried in-case this is a sign that something could be wrong. OR I'm over worrying and he is just getting brave enough to explore his enclosure properly for the first time.Thanks in advance for any advice.</blockquote>