BP soaking a lot - no mites

humidity is at 60% and i wiped her down good just now and didnt see anything. ill thin out the substrate and lower the therm. She only really does it at night and its not constant so it might be nothing she just didnt really do it much before

Is everything else fine? Her sheds been normal? She still eating and drinking alright? Her feces look ok? If so, meaning everything else is ok, I'd give it awhile and see if she keeps on doing it. Definitely get her temps set correctly. Your cage seems way to hot to me. I keep my cool side right around 80, and my hot spot around 90, but your humidity seems spot on. Try cooling the tank down a bit and see if that doesn't fix the problem. My guess is she is just cooling off a bit if you have one side at 87 and the other at 98. Not sure if I was reading that right. Do you have a temp gun?

Yes i have a temp gun the therm was set to 98 which made the hot side about 92 now its set to 94 which makes it 90 so hopefully that fixes it. she sheds fine, hasnt eaten this winter though

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Originally Posted by Eazyyyb

Should i be checking the temps of the bedding or the bottom of the tub?

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Bottom of the tub. If they can burrow down to it, they will.

Might be preparing to shed, i had a BP that would soak in her water bowl in the mornings or late at night, i thought she had mites. Took everything out washed and disinfected everything including the tank. Put everything back in she began doing it again so one day went into het tank lifted up her rock on the cold side and saw she was in blue.