Thank you all for your responses. Here is some more information. I have his basking at 110-125. warm side prob reaches 95 during the day with the cool at 80-85. At night recently, it gets as cold outside as 55-60, that is why I use the heat mat. My room gets probably close to that. I don't use any other heat source at night, but have a IR heat bulb I could use. His humidity stay around 65-70% with biweekly soaking of his substrate and a water bowl he soaks in frequently. I think the Powersun does a good job, it might dehydrate tho.



Some things I have thought about. His basking 'perch' is a piece of grapewood that is angled to the corner of the cage. He can get pretty close to the bulb (2 inches), but cant touch the bulb as I have it raised above the screen top. He has a patch on his back where the top layer of scales are looking like a shed, but not sure if he is shedding, could he have burned himself? I will be putting plastic wrap over the top of the screen. I had that for my ball python, but havent done it with my monitor. I am looking into a new cage as well. A BIG One by Cages by Design (http://www.cagesbydesign.com/cages/specials_reptile.asp). The ones I am looking at are the R4 (48x72x36) or R13 (24x96x24). I prefer the taller one, but would that be dangerous having the possibility of him falling off a ledge? Are they good climbers like iguanas?



I am definitely going back to large mice and will do every other day. I asked my pet store guy about roaches, but he didnt have any. I prefer them over crickets as the cage is in my room and I can't stand crickets chirping all night. I also read about a ground turkey, raw egg and calcium supplement mixture, any experience with that?



Also, hides. He used to burrow under a flat piece of bark I had for him, but he doenst any more. Should I try somethign else? ARe hides necessary (yes!)



Thanks again for your help.

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