Is anyone’s Ball spending more time on the cool side than warm? Initially, I was using a warm side hide only, maintaining temps at about 90*-92* with a UTH. On the cool side, some vegetation and temps about 76*-78*. Maddie would alternate between the hide and laying out by the tree to cool down.

I added a coconut ½ dome on the cool side about a week ago and now she rarely leaves it. Temps are a fairly constant 78* when she is inhabiting the dome.

Thing is, when I pick her up, she feels cool to the touch. Obviously, I don’t want her developing a URI. It is my understanding that temps should not go below 75* on the cool side. I’m good with that. My concern is if she is now doing a good enough job of regulating her body temp, if she’s spending all of her time on the cool side?

BTW, after handling, she’ll usually go to the warm hide but twenty minutes later, I’ll find her back in the cool hide.

Sensing a security priority with the dome over thermo-regulation, I removed her warm side hide and replaced it with an identical dome hide today. She checked it out after handling and ten minutes later I found her back on the cool side, lol.

I’m considering removing the new hide and going back to her original set-up, unless any of you guru’s advise otherwise.

Thanks