Okay ill put her on a 7 day scheduleI know some people will feed hatchlings every 5-7 days. I still prefer one appropriately sized food item once/week (7 days) to minimize the stress on the animal. Feeding more often may result in regurgitation by disrupting the snakes digestive system.
I will be switching her back to mouse hoppers on her next feeding day to see if this resolves the issueI've heard that as well. You could try switching to rodents with hair instead?
Sorry for not clarifying, 75-82 was the ambient temp. I said 75 because the temp will drop this low at night (not very common but it does happen) and it will get up to 82 at times but most of the time it sits at 80 with no issue. Ill dial back my thermostat to 90 on the hot spot when i get home from work.There is ambient and surface temps: 75 is a too low for ambient, and 94 is definitely too warm for a surface temp. A temp variation of 4 degrees is significant 90 vs. 94-the difference between 'toasty warm' and heat stroke. If you are using an on/off thermostat--dial it back a few degrees so temp does not exceed 90F.
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