ThistleProse
New Member
Hello all!
I'm a first-time noodle mumma, and I'm a bit concerned about the way in which her tank isn't holding its heat with any consistency. I originally got a heat mat when I bought the tank, and set it up the week before I brought her home, but found it wasn't keeping the tank warm at all, so when I picked her up, I also picked up a heat lamp to go up top.
Currently - at 12pm - the tank is just now sitting between 26.9 and 27c, and will probably manage to make it up to around 30 before mid-afternoon. It'll hover at the 30-33 mark until the evening, when it will start dropping again. Overnight, it goes down to the low 20's/high teens.
When I got up this morning, she was curled up on top of her hide, which is right under the lamp.
I'm really worried about how I am going to keep her warm come winter, because the house I live in is old and it has **** for insulation, and I can't afford to run the AC all winter!
Her tank is the Exo Terra medium-low (example: link ) so it is four-sided glass. I have temporarily taken out the polystyrene backing, as she forced herself through the tiny gap at the bottom for wires, and I had to rescue her. I am wondering, however, if blocking the gaps for wires, and using the polystyrene backing on three sides of the enclosure will assist with keeping the heat in?
Thanks <3
I'm a first-time noodle mumma, and I'm a bit concerned about the way in which her tank isn't holding its heat with any consistency. I originally got a heat mat when I bought the tank, and set it up the week before I brought her home, but found it wasn't keeping the tank warm at all, so when I picked her up, I also picked up a heat lamp to go up top.
Currently - at 12pm - the tank is just now sitting between 26.9 and 27c, and will probably manage to make it up to around 30 before mid-afternoon. It'll hover at the 30-33 mark until the evening, when it will start dropping again. Overnight, it goes down to the low 20's/high teens.
When I got up this morning, she was curled up on top of her hide, which is right under the lamp.
I'm really worried about how I am going to keep her warm come winter, because the house I live in is old and it has **** for insulation, and I can't afford to run the AC all winter!
Her tank is the Exo Terra medium-low (example: link ) so it is four-sided glass. I have temporarily taken out the polystyrene backing, as she forced herself through the tiny gap at the bottom for wires, and I had to rescue her. I am wondering, however, if blocking the gaps for wires, and using the polystyrene backing on three sides of the enclosure will assist with keeping the heat in?
Thanks <3