You may be right. About the middle of the enclosure, it was 85 and the basking end was 90. I have shut down the basking light for the night and the temp has dropped to 73f as measured by a digital which send the temp to my system in the bedroom. I bought some turkey and liver today, already have the calcium so I will try that on him tomorrow...Of course it is Sunday, maybe a scrambled egg is in order.