I have 2 hides one on the warm side one on the "cold" side with a water bowl next to cold hide there is a uth under the warm side as well. I live in tallahassee fl so temps are about 80-90 I have a zilla digital temp monitor he is new I just got him in the fed ex on friday he was blue when I picked him up and he just shed at some point today. Also he was fed live idk if that matters