My luck is terrible

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Originally Posted by Hydrolicious

I don't have the walls insulated(I have them blacked out, though) so I need the increase in ambient from my CHE. I have it on a rheostat and everything monitored well enough as of now so I'm not concerned. My house gets rather cold(65-70) so it's a win-win for me and him.

Also, the cypress is doing a good job of keeping humidity in for him. I might switch back to aspen when he gets better, though, because cypress is much too dark to spot clean sometimes, especially when he burrows over his defecation. He also has a 6 inch water dish, so he has plenty of water surface area underneath the tin foil topping on my screen to keep more humidity in.

I do believe I have a space heater(I think that's what it is, I haven't used it for at least 10 years) in my basement, so I can try that if I'm having problems once again.

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To be honest and I don't think alot of people take this into consideration... The ambient air temp is irrelevent. Balls are mainly floor snakes and thats where they hang most of the time. The air surrounding the enclosurewill only affect the hot spot when it gets colder where you will need to up the heating element. As long as that hot spot is between 88 and 92 (it actually can go up to 95 but now more) you are good to go. Still provide a hide over the cool spot, but don't go crazy trying to get the cool side to stay at like 80 or 82. If he gets warm on the hot side he'll move somewhere else.

Thanks... for the information. While it was indeed informative, my house gets down to 60-65, though... I think it does still matter, especially since it's the winter now, though. I understand not keeping it exact, but having temps 20 degrees less than normal sounds utterly unacceptable.

Oh, I haven't posted in a while... I totally forgot I had subscribed by email to this topic, lol. I guess I'll update you on the little guy's status:

He's doing a lot better, 6 shots in. He's no longer rubbing his face, corkscrewing, stargazing, or showing bubbles from the sides of his mouth. He's also no longer clicking at all, so I'm pretty sure the medicine is working! He's also resumed his thermo-regulation, which he had stopped entirely up until I started giving shots - he would stay constantly on his hotspot. He doesn't do it consistently now, but he has started to do that again, which is a sign of improvement - maybe once or twice a day? I do notice a yawn once in a while, but I'm not sure if that's just him realigning his jaws or whatnot. I may pay a bit too much attention to detail. :rolleyes:

As far as feeding goes, I haven't fed him for 3 weeks due to the concerns skiploder posted about, despite my vet's inquiry into the matter. He's doing fine, other than that. I might consider feeding him off the shot schedule soon, though, as I don't want to starve him.