I moved a few months ago to a house and the new house doesn't keep up the heat very well compared to my apartment (and its not even December yet). Usually, I got by with just two UTH pads and that was it. However, now the ambient room temps are dropping into the low 70's and high 60s. I predicted this so I had a space heater to heat the room to 76-77 but that wasn't sustainable since it was running near constantly. I set up a heat lamp above her cage a few days ago. I also threw a piece of wood on top as well to help block the lamp from heating the cooler side as well and a towel so the colder room air doesn't flow in too fast. There is about an inch gap where the towl does not cover up to aid air flow. For the past few days my temp gun has been reading 88-92 on the warm side (the higher temps are when I'm home and in the room on my PC because it brings up room temp) and 77-81 on the cool side. It's not visually appealing but I think this might have to be my winter set up. I'm of course open to other ideas as well if you have any.
My questions are:
1. Blue vs red light... Should I be using red light only or is a blue light fine as well? A friend gave me the blue light so that's what I had on me. I did pick up a spare red light though yesterday.
2. I remember a long time ago I read something about BP's being fatally allergic to some type of wood. If that's true, I'm concerend with the wood I threw on top since I don't know the type. Do they have an issue with a certain wood and if they do, would you think the way I have it set up could be a problem?
3. Do you see any other potential issues with the set up?
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