Thanks everyone for all the advice! You're so quick to respond with a lot of information!
I took your advice and did what I could for now. How's this?
The heat pad is under the side with the hide, it stretches out to the middle of the tub. I don't know if that's ok. Also is the hide too big? Is one hide fine? The closest Wal-Mart is about 30 miles away, otherwise I would have one of those plant things. The hide I'm using is one of those small butter containers.
Here's a picture of her back when she was looking good. She hasn't shed for me yet and her color is getting rather dull.
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