burrows, dirt, water monitors

[John A]

steeve, thanks again for your expertise in this matter. i was in my home all weekend, changing soil depth from deep levels to lower levels for the baby and young pair, to adding more for my big well adjusted female. i too feel the small non adjusted ones can benefit from more heat exposure, and eat more frequently if there is less opportunity for them to burrow.
side note, such great posts here, i wish some of you canadiens would post to my site at times.
back to the lizards: my small water monitor, a male, is not adjusted as of yet. he eats but sometimes spends too long hidden, and food is wasted. most of my other waters were kept with little substrate to hide under, and adjusted so well, they eat and bask with me present.
-john a.