Thanks. I took her out again just now after a day with the lower hot side temp and still saw some pink on the belly but after she is out for a few min i look again and its gone. heat might still just be slightly too high? now at 90 which i don't understand why that temp would cause any irritation. has been a little difficult to get things exact because her UTH is controlled by a thermostat that also run for one other UTH and the two enclosures always show slightly different temps so if i lower hers one of the other animals then goes slightly below optimal temp (hers will be 90 and the other will be 87) but i guess that is OK? thoughts on the pink going away after just a few min out of the enclosure?