Yeah, now that I've been reading more and more I'm starting to doubt my husbandry and I'm going to need make some changes
Here is what I have so far with reasonings.
* 55gal. Tank. w/ Mesh cover - its what I had.
* UTH that covers 1/3 of the tank.
* 1 - 100watt infrared bulb
* 1 - 60 watt infrared bulb - both close to the same area for basking and gradient heat.
* 2 - hides, warm and cold side unfortunately not identicalsince I just read that was important. I have seen her use both though. She is in the cooler side a lot more though (more on this soon)
* 1 - large rock looking water dish - to let it soak if it wants and to waist space. Half placed over UTH area half not.
*2 - large grape vine chunks to provide rub and take up area
* indoor/outdoor soft fine carpet for substrate, cut into three pieces for semi-quick swapping with a new clean piece when soiled. I plan on reusing soiled pieces have soaking and cleaning. I have no problem switching to aspen or whatever the other is called. I prefer a dark substrate though.
* I have learned that I have poor temp reading tools. I have a dial therm on the warm side an inch and a half above the floor and a sticky on the cool side half ways up the tank. The dial is reading 90 on the warm side and the worthless sticky is reading either 78 or 82 on the cool side. I'm heading up to wal-mart to get a digital shortly! I think she stays on the cool side because the warm side might be to warm!
* No humidity reading! Don't hurt me! Said tool from wal-mart will read that. The store owner side I wouldn't have to worry if I included a wet-hide. Which I haven't added yet
* 2 - long fake leafy vines that inside the tank along the side and front.
One last question, when should I go about making these changes (sticking my hands in to apply probes and whatnot) since she new here? I don't want her to get even more stressed then they probably is!
Thanks for the warm welcomes! Here is a pic of the tank.
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