I switched from aspen bedding to cypress mulch today because the spot I have the tank set up was hard to control the humidity and it's doing that job well but the enclosure temperature has been reading 78 since I changed it, only going as high as 80 but dropping back down to 78. I have the thermostat set to day temp to be 82-85 (my room gets really hot) and with the aspen bedding i didn't have an issue keeping the temperature where it should be. At 8 (15 minutes from now) the night mode is gonna kick in and i'm worried that the temp won't go up from the 78. however,
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he has been up in this hole for 6 hours, and i'm starting to get worried he may be stuck. I included what it looks like from the outside to get a good idea but basically the base has a hole leading up into that branch part which I didn't notice at the time I bought it (or I wouldn't have tbh). he hasn't gone up any higher than this in 6 hours, and about 3:30/4 I poked him a little bit and he responded so he's not like, dead he's just....in there, the surface temp of the tree doesn't feel too hot so i don't think he's getting cooked in there but I discovered that Home Depot has temperature guns so I'm about to run to pick one up just to be safe. since writing this post the temp has gone up to 80 again so i'm hoping it'll climb up to the comfy night temp. Having 2 lights with the aspen bedding made his enclosure way too hot but should I get another smaller light to kind of supplement in some warmth to kind of coax him out of there? Will he come out on his own? Is he stuck? I get really bad anxiety just in general so I'm trying to keep it together right now but internally i am just freaking out