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<blockquote data-quote="Bast" data-source="post: 2550" data-attributes="member: 379"><p>She will probably spend next to no time on the ground at all. I personally would not attach a heating pad directly to the tank side either; she will be attracted to the heat and end up sitting right on that side whether it's too hot for her or not. My room gets cold as well (drafty windows that the Landlords still haven't come to fix), and what I've done is clear off an area on my book shelf so that the tank sits out of the way of the draft, and I also taped some pieces of styrofoam to the back and one side (closest to the window) of the enclosure to insulate a little bit. I've also read that some people have put those red heat lamps close to the enclosure just to raise the ambient temp near the tank. I've managed to keep the heat up a bit that way, and she seems fine. Do you have a way to increase the heat in the room as a whole (small space heater or something), or another room she can be in that stays warmer?</p><p></p><p>Karina has also sat with her legs all crunched up, but I noticed it after my cat decided to check out the shelf she sits on...so I think it was more of a 'I need to hide' (stress) position than anything else. She went back to her normal 'spread-out' posture a couple hours later.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bast, post: 2550, member: 379"] She will probably spend next to no time on the ground at all. I personally would not attach a heating pad directly to the tank side either; she will be attracted to the heat and end up sitting right on that side whether it's too hot for her or not. My room gets cold as well (drafty windows that the Landlords still haven't come to fix), and what I've done is clear off an area on my book shelf so that the tank sits out of the way of the draft, and I also taped some pieces of styrofoam to the back and one side (closest to the window) of the enclosure to insulate a little bit. I've also read that some people have put those red heat lamps close to the enclosure just to raise the ambient temp near the tank. I've managed to keep the heat up a bit that way, and she seems fine. Do you have a way to increase the heat in the room as a whole (small space heater or something), or another room she can be in that stays warmer? Karina has also sat with her legs all crunched up, but I noticed it after my cat decided to check out the shelf she sits on...so I think it was more of a 'I need to hide' (stress) position than anything else. She went back to her normal 'spread-out' posture a couple hours later. [/QUOTE]
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