i used tightbond III to glue the pieces together along with exterior grade screws. well we went to dinner and i decided to set up a video camera to see if he decided to explore his basking area and sure enough he did it took him almost 3o minuets to get brave enough to go up the ramp and another 20 minuets of going up and down then he finally ventured onto the basking area. i have an 11 minuet edited video of it i will add later once it uploads