Anyone every seen a BP do this??!!

A thermostat is a must for regulating the heat pad! Even a cheap Hydrofarm thermostat is better than nothing: http://www.amazon.com/Hydrofarm-MTPR...arm+thermostat

Walmart has inexpensive digital Acurite thermometer/hygrometers for only about $12. They are much more accurate than the stick-on dial ones.

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It's nearly impossible to get an accurate surface temperature reading from a Petco temperature guage. I can assure you that the heat pad not being regulated is much much hotter than 75 degrees on the surface where the ball actually is. I would invest in thermostats for your reptiles before you end up with a burn.

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I guess I didn't think much of it because she very rarely spends any time of the heating pad, always soaking in her water bowl....

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Originally Posted by bumblebee1028

A thermostat is a must for regulating the heat pad! Even a cheap Hydrofarm thermostat is better than nothing: http://www.amazon.com/Hydrofarm-MTPR...arm+thermostat

Walmart has inexpensive digital Acurite thermometer/hygrometers for only about $12. They are much more accurate than the stick-on dial ones.

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thank you I will probably order tonight :-D

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Okay, let me educate you a little more here.
The thermometer and hydrometer you have are junk and doing you no good.
You need to get your husbandry fixed before you can rescue anything, until then you are only adding to the stress of the animal.
To properly use belly heat IT NEEDS TO BE REGULATED!!!!
Could be a good reason she is having problems in her enclosure?
You didn't "think" about it and I told you that belly burns don't heal that quick, care to wonder why?

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1...ps323f13c8.jpg
This is TWO years after I got this girl from an idiot that thought all they had to do was add more substrate to lower the temperature. He never thought about the fact that a snake can burrow until this happened.

Switch to overheat heating OR get a thermostat to regulate the UTH and real thermometers to monitor it.

What might help you Check the temperature of your hot and cold side of the enclosure is an infrared thermometer. It will give you the surface temps. Hang in there and keep trying to give your snake the best husbandry. I would have been freaking out seeing all these things combined too, but I would have no idea how to treat most of these concerns and I am no Where near ready to rescue a bp. Good luck I hope the end result will be a healthy happy snake and snake family

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Update:
Sylvia is doing GREAT!!
She shed and two eye caps came with it.
No more laying on her back.
We tried feeding her a live quail... And she took it!!
She just had her first bowel movement IN her tank!!
Happy happy happy parents!!!!!!!

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We tried feeding her a live quail... And she took it!!

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A what???? :eyepoppin

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We tried feeding her a live quail... And she took it!!

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Pretty cool. I'd love to see video of that.

Don't have a video this time but I did get a pick when she struck
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/20/guzu6yze.jpg

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Do you happen to breed quail or have someone with availability?

I would just hate to see the next post that your ball wont eat and we are thinking mice or rats instead of her being imprinted on a different source.