Hi guys!
First post here! Get ready for newbie questions. LOL (*disclaimer – yes, I have searched thru existing posts before posting, but I may have missed this question already being asked, so please forgive me if I missed it. J)

We just got my daughter her first BP on Sunday. He’s a nice pretty and simple Fire BP. I forgot to ask his age, but he’s quite small and according to how many times he’d fed on his container at the reptile store, and what I’ve read online, I’m guessing maybe 2 months at most. We have him in a 10 gallon glass tank right now with a couple hides, hot/cool sides, and all that good stuff. I am having a hard time keeping the cool side warm enough, tho. It’s pretty consistently staying around only 74-75 degrees. I have a heat lamp on the warm side and that’s been great keeping it around 89-90 degrees. So, one would think that he’d be staying on that end. Nope. He’s staying on the cool end. We have a paper towel roll that goes across the middle of the tank and that’s his favorite spot, but on the cooler side of the tank. I know BP’s are nocturnal so I bought the red heat lamp so he’s not being completely blinded 24 hrs…is it possible that the red lamp is still too bright and that’s why he’s staying away from that side? I don’t want him to get sick from being consistently too cold.

Thanks!