right thank you for all this support. The heat pad i spoke of is a UTH sorry about the bad name calling for it and i would get a tub but tht is a complete waste for the cage she is in as it was rather expensive. The bulb i will have no problem with getting rid of as it is a complete hastle. But i am troubled with this thermostat option as i am worried about how much this will cost and how i would go about setting it up.