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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nicolas C" data-source="post: 93412" data-attributes="member: 3795">It's true that we never know who's behind the computer on forums, and sometimes some users can be quite annoying. On this very forum, the tendency is rather peaceful and respectful though.About the temps, if you have the opportunity to keep your Avic in the upper 70s as you are doing now, it's better in my opinion. For instance, I keep mine around 23°C (= 73°F) or upper and they do very fine.As Avics are rather delicate in a way (specially when young), when the temps are too low it can be bad for them: they become sluggish, the metabolism slows down, they don't eat anymore...That being said, it's not easy to warm a T: the best is to warm the room rather than to use a heatpad or a cable (because these are drying enclosures too fast). But if you don't have the choice, then it better to put the heatpad/cable on one side of the enclosure rather than under it, so that the T can choose its warmth (and, as they burrow to escape to much warmth in nature, it could be bad when the heating source is under the substrate...).Ventilation is also important, so that the air/relative humidity doesn't become stagnant. With your enclosure, there's no problem.</blockquote>