I will do whatever is necessary. bp pandora, I dont think this has anything to do with breeding. In fact so far the breeding has been the simple part. This is about providing the best possible care for my pets. It is just not that easy to throw a human heating pad and $30 thermostat on a rubbermaid and get the temperatures to where they need to be. My most stable habitat now is my Brazilian Rainbow Boa in the new AP enclosure. With the belly heat routered in, even on an inexpensive thermostat, it is keeping the temps right where I want them. 81-85 degrees on the hot spot. I think part of it is the instability of heating with a human heating pad. Adam, let me know if you see any of those $70 Helix thermostats otherwise I will spring for the new one. In the meantime, I will keep an eye on the male and see how the next couple of days go. There is no mucus right now and no other outward signs of an RI other than the wheezing/whistling. Hopefully it is just an upcoming shed causing it. Until I can do it properly, I am going to keep turning off the heat at night (it doesnt get much lower than 78-80 anyway). How does this sound?