Choosing a favorite hide over temp?

[ApathyAngel]

So Jeffrey has a favorite hide. It's been hers for years, she got too fat for it, and I've been trying to upgrade her to a bigger one. Unfortunately she's 2400 grams so I'm limited in what is big enough for her. Her favorite one doesn't come in a larger size, but I found a really nice one that looks like a log and is plenty big enough for her.

Except she doesn't want the bigger one. She wants the one she's too fat for.

It doesn't matter if I move it to the middle or cold side of the tank, wherever that hide is, that's where she sits. If I take it out of the tank, to force her to get used to the other hides, she just prowls the tank and eventually reluctantly uses her log, but then I'm down a hide, and I really want her to have three.

My concern is that she may be prioritizing her favorite house over temperature regulation and temperature comfort. If she's too hot/too cold, she still won't leave that hide. And I finally figured out that I can sort of dig out the bedding underneath it to give her more room, so she can at least fit in the thing now. But I still want her to be able to move to one of the other hides. It doesn't matter which side of the tank the hide is on, I've had it on both the hot and cold sides, and she still uses it exclusively unless I take it out.

Am I overthinking this, or should I push her to get more comfortable with her other two hides, to encourage her to switch more freely between them? I want her to be comfortable enough to use the middle and cold hides if she feels that need.



The hide on the left is her favorite. I've had to dig out the bedding inside it to make her fit, but she enjoys it and seems to choose that hide over regulating her body temperature.

But she's healthy, she sheds and eats just fine, I occasionally catch her drinking water, it doesn't seem like it's hurting her at all. So maybe I'm just overthinking it, but she's made it her life goal to be an ******* and make me doubt all my life decisions, so I figured I'd get the opinions of people who are more experienced than I am.



This is the face of an *******, I tell you.

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