No no, she wasnt. She hasnt been on it...pretty much since we moved a week ago. I dont think at the old place it worked that well because now when I touch it it really does feel that hot and even the other digital therm I have never read that high till now. She has been avoiding being on that side for a few weeks now and I never knew the UTH's could get that hot till I read a thread prob...yesterday? Where someone said theirs reached like 130ish. I was like holy cow! So I got the AcuRite today, measured, and about 5 minutes later went and got the rheostat. I just thought she didnt need the heat but when I fed her a few times and kept noticing she didnt used the heat to digest I knew something had to be wrong.