ok. first I meant to put 80-85 for the warm end not 70's. AND I was looking at the thermometer wrong today. its the only cage I dont have those nice digital type colored stick on thermoms in. I have 2 of those stupid mercury type ones. In such a big cage I figured it would be ok if he dropped to 73 or so at night on that far end but recently it hasnt been that low b/c of summer and all the other heaters in the room. it is currently at 78 at the cool end (where he is now and has been all last nite and today) on the warm end, it is about 82. ON the pad it is at 86 to 87. (i peeled one of my stiky thermoms off an empty cage and stuck it on the glass under the paper while i went to dinner and the store). I bought 3 new pads. 2 are those ones you buy from the pet store, come in the box, etc. (those are for other cages) the other is a new custom lengh one. I put the new custom length one where the old one was. I'll check the temp in the morning and see if it changes. someone had said they thought the pad might be dying so I'll try that first. well, I just checked it and its gone up 2 degrees (the background temp).....

I'll post again in the morning since everything keeps changing.

beth
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