Quote Originally Posted by Kaorte View Post
I wouldn't worry about the loose skin. When a ball curls up, there are bound to be some fold in the skin. If the humidity has been down for a few days before, it might take a little while for her to adjust. She should be fine though.

Handling for 15-20 minutes every-day is fine. You can just lift up her hide box and take her out. Then just put her back wherever. Mine usually goes straight for the hide when I plop her back in. I would avoid handling her during shed or right before you feed her. Also (as you know) wait at LEAST 24 hours (48 is preferred) after feeding to handle her again.

If your hot side is only 83 degrees, there is a problem. It should always sit between 90-94. Your COOL side should be between 80-85. Are you only using the heat light to heat? I would get a UTH and a thermostat to help maintain hot side belly temps.

You can feed her in the same enclosure. Her temperament will stay the same. It can be stressful for her to move from her normal cage to a feeding enclosure and then back again. Worst case scenario, it could cause a regurgitation, and that is no good!

Right now im using the heat light with a 150watt infrared heat bulb, and a 30-40gallon UTH. I dont know why its so cold in there?

Theres a thermometer on the glass mid tank, its reading 85-90 degrees (not sure how to read the non digital one..) but my digital one about 1" off the bedding, on the warm side is reading 83.8 now (slowly rising since i moved the position of the thermometer towards the ground).

I cant seem to get this right AT ALL. first i had the heat perfect, and horrible humidity, now i have the humidity great, and horrible heat.

I saw her drinking though, thats good huh?