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Hello.
Otis is 6 months and has a healthy appetite, is soaked daily each day in warm water, and has a basking temp of 31C, cool temp 18C, and I moisten the substrate a few times the day with mist and water. She burrows each night and goes to sleep, and is active during the day.
Recently I have noticed during her baths that she retracts her head a lot and makes squeaking sounds every so often, almost like sneezing. As soon as she's out of the water she stops. She has never liked baths, and I noticed only once that a small, clear bubble came from her nose while she was basking after a soak. It hasn't happened since.
As soon as she's back in her enclosure she is perfectly fine again. Her breathing is steady and soundless.
My only concern is that the winter is closing in and that my room, where Otis is kept, drops into low 60s at night. I don't have a CHE on a thermostat as recommended, despite trying to find one in several pet shops.
At the moment I have an electric heater that I move into the room from 7pm to when I go to bed, around 10-10:30pm. This raises the temperature of the room by around 7/8 degrees, but it declines of course over night, which is what I'm worried about.
Could these symptoms be a possible RI developing? Please offer any criticism or advice, I'm open. I just want what is best for her, I love her dearly.
Thank you,
Olivia
Otis is 6 months and has a healthy appetite, is soaked daily each day in warm water, and has a basking temp of 31C, cool temp 18C, and I moisten the substrate a few times the day with mist and water. She burrows each night and goes to sleep, and is active during the day.
Recently I have noticed during her baths that she retracts her head a lot and makes squeaking sounds every so often, almost like sneezing. As soon as she's out of the water she stops. She has never liked baths, and I noticed only once that a small, clear bubble came from her nose while she was basking after a soak. It hasn't happened since.
As soon as she's back in her enclosure she is perfectly fine again. Her breathing is steady and soundless.
My only concern is that the winter is closing in and that my room, where Otis is kept, drops into low 60s at night. I don't have a CHE on a thermostat as recommended, despite trying to find one in several pet shops.
At the moment I have an electric heater that I move into the room from 7pm to when I go to bed, around 10-10:30pm. This raises the temperature of the room by around 7/8 degrees, but it declines of course over night, which is what I'm worried about.
Could these symptoms be a possible RI developing? Please offer any criticism or advice, I'm open. I just want what is best for her, I love her dearly.
Thank you,
Olivia