[CavanC]

he's usually really really light with some really pretty golden coloring on his back, but when i came back in tonight he was very very dark which i didnt know could happen, the temp on the cold side of the tank said 64 which i didnt think was too cold, but obviously it was...

[PassPort]

sometimes that's just due to crankiness. but temps for them should never drop below 72F.

[CavanC]

well i also gave him a new terrarium last night, its a exo terra 12x12x18 so that he would have more room for climbing but since then he really has only just stayed down in his hide and hasnt explored at all

[PassPort]

crank up the heat with a red heat lamp. temps should be atleast 85 in the hotspot

[CavanC]

btw is the 12x12x18 big enough for him? he's still rather small, and i heard with the red heat lamps that you can keep them on 24 hours a day or is that not right?

[BlakeDeffenbaugh]

You can keep them on 24 hour heat if you want. It wont hurt anything. How big is "rather small"? I give a actual heat cycle but its not NEEDED. . but it helps for breeding.

[CavanC]

rather small is about 5.5-6 inches long... yeah im going back out to buy him that red lamp now, cuz he's back on the ground and hes a very dark color. he's got his belly right over that heat pad so hes definitely showing his dark colors due to stress caused by coldness. double wammy. ouch.

[BlakeDeffenbaugh]

Yeah I'd say put some more heat on him and see what happens.

[CavanC]

is it the red lamp or the blue lamp that i want?

[springtech]

red is dfinatly safe