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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ipreventdeath" data-source="post: 12030" data-attributes="member: 462"><p>I doubt she's cold, but may be using the heat from the heating pad to up her metabolism since she has fed. I notice that mine hangs completely upside down on top of its enclosure after it eats and now after it molted. I'm assuming this is to collect as much heat from the lamp as possible. Once it's satisfied with the heat it moves back down to its normal hide.</p></blockquote><p></p>