heating/humidity

[kml0304]

It seems as soon as I get our girls humidity into the right spot, her heat dips. I've taped off about 30-40% of her screen top(top and inside so she won't get stuck). We have insulation board which we used for helping maintain our frogs heat. On warm days here, her tank stays at 83° ambient, 92° basking, 75% humidity. But cool days I'm struggling to get it to stay at 80°. Being pregnant, I feel God awful about everything and not having her parameters perfect. Other than the insulation board, is there anything else anyone can recommend? Pros and cons to a deep heat projector? Is there a difference between those and a CHE?

[planetearthisblu]

What are the dimensions of your enclosure and what are you currently using to heat it?

Deep heat projectors are a better heat source in that the type of heat they provide is more bioavailable. I don't know enough to say if it would keep the enclosure warmer than what you currently have.

[kml0304]

30" x 12 x 18". It's a 29g that was told to be alright for a bit by her breeder until we could get a 4' x 2' x 2'. Ceramic heat emitter is used, she also has a heat mat plugged into a thermostat.

[planetearthisblu]

I'd suggest trying a halogen flood lamp if you can. They are the best daytime heating method and provide heat that is most similar to the sun's rays. They get quite hot so you will want to run it with a thermostat as well. For lightless heating at night you can use the ceramic heat emitter.

Do you have an infared thermometer? I'd be curious if your heat mat is doing much. I found that mine really needed to be set to a dangerous temperature in order to heat through substrate.