Quote Originally Posted by MootWorm View Post
In the future, you might want to put tinfoil over the sticky section of the heat mat. Then just affix it to the tub, tank, etc with aluminum tape and voila! You have a removable, reusable UTH. Makes your life a toooon easier to just pop it off and move it when you upgrade enclosures.
My problem is not having another tub, nor another heat mat or separate mat stat. My girl has a ceramic in her viv and a pulse proportional thermostat whereas my boy, who is in a different room for quarantine purposes, has a heat mat and mat stat thermostat as he is housed in a tub (which I much prefer to a viv, I find it a lot easier for handling a you have more angles you can go in from). Not sure if I have maybe read your point wrong or didn't make myself clear enough.

I think I will definitely be wearing gloves with her. She has a powerful little strike for a little girl and although I have read that bites aren't as bad I don't plan on finding out any time soon :p I will say I am nervous about being bitten but I am more worried that I couldn't stop myself pulling back and that I would cause her harm! I think handling her and taming may be the only way forward until she realises that hissing and striking won't just make me go away unless it's meal time