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My female lesser cinnamon is in a 4x2x2 pvc enclosure right now. She's still a baby at only ~22", unsure of weight as we don't have a kitchen scale yet (we know we're getting one as a christmas present so we couldn't run out and just get one right away ourselves).

There are sooooo many different recommended temps for BPs, so we have no idea if ours is right. On her warm side, ambient temp (all in F) is 88-91 and she has some basking temps that are 92-98. We have a CHE on her cold side since the temp drop would be too much without, and it gives her a basking spot of 80-82 over there. Where we're unsure is ground and hide temps. The ground is only like 76 and the inside of her warm hide is only like 72-74.

Her substrate is about 4-5" thick and a mix of cypress mulch, fir bark, and coco fiber. We are struggling a bit with humidity right now but that's mainly because the inside of our house is super dry. We dump water into the substrate plus mist thoroughly, but we just need to DIY a tighter fitting lid and find a place to plug in our house humidifier. Plus I'll find a good spot in her enclosure to pack some moss. We've tried humid hides with her and she never even goes near it.

Are her temps okay? We find her in several spots in her enclosure on both sides, hiding or basking, so we assume that means it's fine. Last 2 days she's been on her cold side more often.

Now onto food . . . We can't get her to eat a f/t rat unless it's been thawing with a mouse. We can do that, but we hate wasting mice and don't know how long we have to do that. We've tried weaning how much we scent it by rubbing it on dirty mouse bedding (luckily I work at a pet store and have ample access to all sorts of various rodent scented bedding ), and she wouldn't eat the rat. She hates braining/gutting, and will choose starve when we try eat or starve. Large mice go straight through her and you can't even see a lump after she eats. We couldn't try switching her earlier because we had no affordable access to appropriately sized rats for a few weeks as everywhere in person was sold out and online for a small amount had outrageous shipping cost. Any other tips, or just keep trying?

Other than these things, she's doing great. She's always had good sheds and she is extremely handleable. She never balls up when you lift her and nothing really frightens her . Thanks!