Thank you so much for your reply! You've helped alleviate my stress and brought up very great points BTW her name is Nagini (from Harry Potter), I forgot to introduce her before.

The probe for the UTH is in fact on the inside of her tub- on the bottom. So I should move it to the OUTSIDE, correct? Now that the UTH is already stuck on there, I should stick the probe under the mat now? If I unstick it to put the probe between the UTH and the bottom of the tub, the UTH will probably lose the "stick", right(and potentially fall off later)? If I should buy a new one all together to restick it with the probe in between, I can definitely do that, if that would be the safest option.

Yes, I had the feeling it was a cheaper hygrometer and could be inaccurate, so I have already ordered the temp gun (of course the shipping is running late now, but hopefully it comes in today)! But I also ordered a 2 pack of the digital thermometer/hygrometer combined. Each digital monitor has 2 probes- one for temp and one for humidity. I was thinking of placing one set of probes on the lower end of the warm side and the other on the higher end of the cool side, to get a more wide-spread read of her tub, rather than in just one place. Does that sound about right? These are also still on their way.

Great, so I will keep the heat lamp on a little more until the digital thermometer comes to read exactly what the ambient temp is. I have also been making sure my house's heater is set to 74 so at the very least the room around her tub is warmer now. As for the humidity, I have read that "Sphagnum Moss" helps to hold humidity really well if a heat lamp is sucking the air dry. Do you think this might help? If so, should I just get some and spread it in various patches around her tub so that the humidity is wide spread? I was thinking about getting a humid hide as well anyways- even if I just bring it out for her to use before shedding.

For her sticky belly, that would be very possible. When I first set up her tub, I over-anticipated how humid it should be and I read somewhere that you can mist down the substrate before putting in to boost the humidity. So, I did that, but I think the Forest Floor substrate was already moist enough on its own, so it was very humid at first- luckily I set it up a day early, so I was able to let it air out before I put her inside. But since that was only 5 days ago, the substrate might still be a bit moist. It is MUCH dryer now, though. I'll continue to monitor

I will add some pics of her and her tub when I get home from work today just in case you can notice anything I didn't!

I keep her handling sessions short even if I think she's enjoying it, just because obviously she can't speak and I could be wrong, but in general she seems very tolerant and curious. I'll keep the handling to basically just once a week, for a short period!

Last question- let's say her tub ambient temp has been down to 74 before I am making all these adjustments. Would she be severely affected by this after a couple days? Essentially, how long can she stay too cool without it severely damaging her health? Obviously I will be remedying all of this ASAP, but just for my own peace of mind that she should be okay after the last 5 days of "sub-par" conditions.

I cannot thank you enough for your time and kindness! You have been very helpful!

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Thanks for your insight! I definitely don't want her to get sick and will be making adjustments ASAP to make sure she is nice and warm!