DIS Area puzzle help [SPOILERS]

[Zabba]

Been stuck on this puzzle for a good while now, I feel like this is incredibly simple and I'm missing something obvious, but I've sat on this for a couple days now and no ideas are coming to mind. Hints appreciated.

https://i.imgur.com/9evOIwh.png

[Sykes]

Man this one always gets me. I've done it about 5 times and each time I feel like it was a different solution, and I never remember how I did it. It's not a simple puzzle, but it's not necessarily "hard". The difficulty is because they give you so much ♥♥♥♥ and freedom and there isn't really a clear single solution. I think I can recall the steps I took to beat it but it's been a while. This may get you somewhere:

First, grab the tile you spawn on, then walk all the way around to the bottom left tile using the upper outside path. Second, walk toward the button using the path south of the empty chests, and place the tile you're holding into the empty slot by the button. Third, walk across your newly placed tile and shove the upper snake statue to the east 2 squares in order to fill the other hole.

Now that both holes are filled, backtrack the path you took (using either western bridges) and push the northwest gargoyle south 3 squares and onto the first button. Then, continue back around using the outside of the arena (you will have to hop the gap on the top using your staff) and head back to the very eastern wall, and push the south eastern snake statue north three squares onto the button. You should have plenty of path ways free to make it back to the exit.

This should be a working solution, but there are many ways to solve it. If you need visual guidance or if this doesn't work let me know.