It could be that they were burrowers, but the adults have been on the surface with a couple surface dwelling babies and were all very inactive and hardly touched the food. Since the flooding they are far more active and have been much more voracious. My thinking is the temperature. They like drier environments when they are at optimal tem between mid 60s and mid 70s, but do better with higher humidity if the temps are higher. The temp is low 80s where i have them, so perhaps the water is making them fair the heat better. Im honestly surprised it hasnt evaporated over the week. It actually looks wetter than when i left. My guess is it pooled at the bottom first, but then worked its way up through capilary action with the soil.
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