i might have discovered a husbandry issue: i used to heat the whole room which kept my beep's ambient temp at a steady ~79°. however that room is my bedroom and i couldn't take it anymore, about a month ago i spent the money on an RHP and stopped heating the room. during my check, i hit various places with my temp gun; some spots farthest from the RHP were reading as low as 76°. his AcuRite sits between 77-79° on the sides, and right under the RHP the gun reads ~81°. he's currently in the hide right under the RHP...i think he's been too cold.
i turned up my Herpstat two degrees, so maybe i'll hold off on his move (will still purchase the setup) and try to feed in a couple days. we've had a bunch of rain and crappy/cold weather for a while up here...maybe that didn't help.
well, yay discoveries!
That's great, now you may be able to skip the entire exercise.