Female ball tries to escape.

[speedycat222]

My girl spends about half her day trying to find a crack to escape, I think she's stressed and it's effecting her eating habits. My problem is, I can't figure out why she's stressed. I've had her for 6 months, sporadic feeder. She's 1860 grams, lives in a 28qt tub with a 90 degree hotspot, the ambient room temp is 73-79. She does use her hotspot and bask on her cool side, sometimes wrapping the water bowl. If I open the tub she comes straight out and checks around, sometimes she goes back in her tub sometimes she tries to go between the tubs or behind the rack.

[albinos_rule]

Looking for a place to escape is what they do...LOL. Be patient, she will eat when she is ready

[BumbleB]

Is it possible that her tub may be too small? Most people have moved their females of that size into 41qt tubs

[speedycat222]

She doesn't seem crammed at all, she takes up maybe 1/6th of the tub curled up in a ball.

[PitOnTheProwl]

First thought is too small of a tub and my second is: How and where are you measuring your temperature?

[speedycat222]

iris 28qt tub, 24x18. She should be good in there 'till like 2000-2300 shouldn't she ? I'm putting her in the adult rack when I get it, early December. I measure my temperatures right on the plastic on the hotspot, with an IR temp gun. Substrate is paper towel, two sheets overlapping half way. I've also tried a hide, she uses it but no more then she uses the hotspot when there's no hide.