Okay, so about 2 months ago we got a 2005 normal female and she hadn't eaten since and was very timid in the half 55 Gallon tank we had her in.

So we decided to switch her to a 41 Qt tub since this is probably what she is most used to. We also got 11" flexwatt to go underneath. The flexwatt is working fine, maybe a little too well. It runs anywhere from about 95-105 at the hottest inside the hide. No matter what we do we can't seem to get the heat below 95. The only thing we've been able to do is layer up paper thicker and thicker in order to try and lessen the heat, which works but we'd rather not have an inch of newspaper over the heater just to keep the temperature in the right range. We also raised the tub from about 1/4" high to about an inch off the table from the bottom of the flexwatt to see if that would help with the ventilation underneath. It's hooked up to a ZooMed rheostat set to the lowest setting.

Any help would be greatly appreciated . . .