Placing a wet towel or a large piece of tin foil over part of the screen top is a great way to help hold in the humidity. Aspen bedding is not an ideal choice for a tegu's substrate; it's really meant for certain snakes, rats and hamsters and such. It doesn't hold moisture well, and rots too easily. Try using cypress mulch, or some kind of landscaping mulch (just make SURE that it doesn't include any pine or cedar products, as it can be harmful), or even a peat and soil mixture. You'll know you've got the humidity more to where it needs to be when he starts shedding in large chunks, or even all at once, instead of little flakes.
"Why do blessings always come in disguises? If I were a blessing, I'd run around naked."
0.1.0 Bearded Dragon; Spaz (aka "Monkey")
1.0.0 Bearded Dragon; Leonidas (aka "Jaba" aka "Fatty)
0.0.1 Ball Pythons; Lil' Bit
0.1.0 Argentine B/W Tegu; Bozski - *rehome*
1.0.0 Argentine A/A Tegu; Oscar - *rehome*
1.0.0 Ball Python; Moose - *rehome*
0.1.0 Bearded Dragon; Knuckles (aka "Kitteh"), RIP
0.0.1 Baby B/W Tegu; unnamed, RIP
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