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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kormath" data-source="post: 70843" data-attributes="member: 4199"><p>Nope he's tiny, only a 1/2" from front to back leg tips or so.  I keep his substrate moist.  When i built his enclosure i used a mix of eco earth coco fiber, sifted top soil, and a bit of vermiculite.  I made this substrate mix moist enough it would hold shape when squeezed but not release any moisture.  Saw that idea in [USER=1152]@Tomoran[/USER] blog.  He (the LP not Tomoran) has a bottle cap water dish that i overlow a time or 3 each week depending how fast it dries out and that's it.  He didn't use the hide i put in so i just made a starter burrow with the back end of a small paintbrush in the corner and he's been digging that out slowly ever since.</p></blockquote><p></p>