We've got an UPDATE, FOLKS!
"Rosa" is officially home!
She is tiny, and beautiful, and feisty and I adore her~ <3
(She literally just came today, so obviously imma let her settle for about a week before I dare feed her, or touch her again or anything. But OOF I adore her already~)
Here she is in all her tiny, angry little glory~
Angry Baby Rosa RESIZE.jpg
And then her in her new home, already exploring within a minute. XD
Little Rosa RESIZE.jpg
NOW THEN: I have a simple question-- hopefully-- that I'd like input on.
It comes to getting the temps in the cage-- or in this case, glass tank-- to where you want when using a UTH
with burrowing substrate.
So far, even though I've been experimenting for nearly a MONTH with this dang thing before I got her here, I still can't quite get the temps to where they need to be.
No matter what I do, I can't get the temps inside-- especially on the hot end-- to reach 85-90 for her basking/hot spot. The UTH just...Isn't penetrating the substrate layer.
Is there any way I can change the probe placement, maybe?? I have it mounted/taped TO the UTH to measure it's temps more accurately, and I'm using a heat gun to register the temps inside, but I can't get it to where it needs to be.
Should I put the probe INSIDE the tank, under the substrate and taped/suctioned down to the glass to measure it that way??
(If all else fails the lamp I ordered is coming soon, so I could easily default to using that instead and forgoing the UTH. Though that will be it's own can of worms, for sure. X'D)
Help, please~ X'D