thank you! just needed my mind putting to rest. I drive my husband mad with my obsessing. He told me she would be just fine. I woke up the next morning and she is back to normal using her hides as usual. Took her mouse in seconds so shes clearly not too bothered. But yes, the smell was definitely different which is what I thought might have bothered her the most!

That said, this new change of substrate has now left me with yet another problem...starting to think I should have just stuck with the beech chips and continued misting. So, its resulted in a drop in temperatures? Not sure why or how. My uth is set with a thermostat to 33' so that should remain as it was. Im assuming it will heat through as normal? Ive been told it wont affect ambient temps? But now my hotspot has dropped to between 29-31' depending on time of day so lower than it should be and the rest of the temps have also dropped by 1-2'. Im a little stumped by this to be honest? Suggestions welcome please...