Unfortunately the most I can do is the basking spot for now so I don't think it will work. I keep slimy salamanders which prefer cooler temperatures and from past experience obtain health issues when ambient temps are raised so the room its self can't go much higher than 80...sad face.

Also I think it may be slightly different for easterns than westerns as you speculated before and I certainly agree with. Easterns and more active in temperate weather and seek cooler refuge in root holes and tortoise burrows in summer months. This doesn't mean you wont find them in warm weather, I have from time to time, but they prefer more moderate temps from low 70s to mid 80s. Most that I find are in March, early April, late Sept, through Oct, and the start of Nov. Most wild easterns I see are cool to touch and do play dead when provoked to do so.

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