last night, i re-decorated the tank a little, and put the covered half of the water bowl over the undertank heater. as far as measurements, i'm taking them with stick-on analog dials i got at a huge pet store. i stuck them to the back of the tank about 8-10 inches from the screen top.

as for the thermal gradient . . . i think so. i have the heat lamp over the middle of the tank, and a heat pad oriented way over to the left quarter of the tank, and the cardboard hide is on the right side . . . anything i should do different?

when i said 2x a week, it was geared more towards once every 4 days or so with a descent sized mouce. i'll try to grab the digi from work today on my lunch break to get a few pics up so you can get a better idea of what i'm working with . . . i like the wet towel idea, i think i'll put one over the screen top when i go home in about 2 hours.

thanks for the fast replies!

~Will.