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Message: <blockquote data-quote="VaporRyder" data-source="post: 202364" data-attributes="member: 37475">Hi! Welcome!How long has it been and why have you covered the enclosure with cloth?My sub adult C. Vonwirthi, back in the day - which I believe is now considered a regional variant of C. minax - was an absolute machine and always began excavating within minutes to an hour of being in its new enclosure. IIRC. When I rehoused it, I just put it in an enclosure with deep substrate and nothing else, adding the water dish later - allowing it free reign to chose its digging spot.I wonder whether covering the enclosure is making it feel less inclined to burrow. Maybe being in the light triggers burrowing, since I only ever saw mine after dark - catching it out and about when I flicked on the light switch in my bedroom, frozen like a rabbit in the headlights! Just a thought.</blockquote>