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Baby sulcatas spend the majority of their time in burrows in the wild. There is a significant amount of moisture in these burrows and recent research indicates that moisture helps prevent pyramiding.
My little guy had the perfect diet and I soaked him every 5 days or so in the beginning. He still started pyramiding and I decided to change the substrate and keep a water dish in his enclosure full-time. After 6 months he has leveled out and stopped pyramiding. I understand the concern about changing the water, but my guy rarely (once a week maybe) defecates in his dish. Even when he does, it is not a messy or a loose consistency and it doesn't smell at all. He loves timothy hay though and I think that has a lot to do with it.
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