Just came home and noticed my boa drooping her head out the side of her half log like she was dead so I immediately opened the cage to see if she would react and as soon as I reached in I could feel the heat inside the cage. As of right now she is alive.
A few days ago I moved my RHP probe to the middle of the cool side, closer to the warm, partially touching the ground and set the temp for 73* as suggested on here. All was good for the first few days, I checked multiple times everyday and it was holding ambient as well as floor temp on both cool and hot side just fine.
Then today when I came home she was like I mentioned above and her ambient temp was reading 84.3, floor temps between 99* and 114* directly under the RHP.
She was about 1/3 to 1/2 way under the RHP and was curled up inside a half log which kept her out of direct heat but I have never seen her drooping her head like that before and Im extremely worried I might have hurt her.
The RHP is unplugged right now and I'm moving the probe back to the hot side but what should I do for her? I don't know how long it has been that hot but how damaging can that high of heat be to a boa? I love my little boa, she's the sweetest little angel and I'm absolutely devastated I hurt her
Edit: the inside of her hide where she is is at 88.9* and she lifts her head and flicks her tongue but has yet to move
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