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Rehousing Big Spood

With Diablo vacating her large invertarium enclosure, it seemed to make sense that we move Big Spood into it. It wasn't much bigger in terms of area, but it was definitely deeper. This means that Big Spood will be able to dig - something that she clearly enjoys doing. We often sit and watch her as she excavates one corner of her enclosure, only to pile it up in a big tower at the opposite end. Here is Big Spood mid transfer:
She has molted several times in my care, and right now I am finding it hard to picture how much smaller she was when she first arrived, so here is a photo (complete with wonky legs!) for comparison - though I'm not sure any size difference is at all visible.
So now her substrate is about twice as deep, her water bowl is much larger, and she has some plastic decorations that I'm sure she probably won't even notice, (but I think that they look nice). Given that she has finally outgrown the white plastic container that she was using as a hide, I decided to give her a more natural framework for her to pile her substrate around. This driftwood is sold at my local reptile and aquatics centre, and I'm looking forward to seeing what she does with it. Mostly though, I'm just hoping that she's happy.
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