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Hey guys, sorry in advance if this turns out kind of long...
Lily has had two hibernation attempts in as many days, yesterday and today. This is the first time she's even done this, and it has me rather concerned and trying to figure out the cause. Yesterday's attempt, the temperature in my room was at 73 (which she has been fine with in the past), and today's attempt, the temperature was 76. Both days she was sleeping in her new favored position, curled up on the bare coroplast underneath her liner. She hasn't slept in her igloo for several weeks now, but again, this is the first problem we've had with hibernation attempts.
Her cage is rather large, a 2.5ft X 3ft C&C cage, here's a picture of it:
I was thinking the two most likely causes of the attempts were that she's getting too cool where she's sleeping, even if the room/cage is warm, or she's not getting enough light (though I believe she's getting at least 12 hours worth). I'm planning to leave a lamp on for 14 hours a day and see if that helps. I also want to buy a ceramic heat emitter set up for her cage, but my mom is fighting me on this, not wanting something that will be left on 24/7. She also thinks that the cage is too big/open for this to be effective, but I thought I'd seen other C&C cages that have had heat emitters used with them on here.
So...main questions are: Any opinions on most likely cause of attempts? Would ceramic heat emitter work alright with my cage?
Lily has had two hibernation attempts in as many days, yesterday and today. This is the first time she's even done this, and it has me rather concerned and trying to figure out the cause. Yesterday's attempt, the temperature in my room was at 73 (which she has been fine with in the past), and today's attempt, the temperature was 76. Both days she was sleeping in her new favored position, curled up on the bare coroplast underneath her liner. She hasn't slept in her igloo for several weeks now, but again, this is the first problem we've had with hibernation attempts.
Her cage is rather large, a 2.5ft X 3ft C&C cage, here's a picture of it:

I was thinking the two most likely causes of the attempts were that she's getting too cool where she's sleeping, even if the room/cage is warm, or she's not getting enough light (though I believe she's getting at least 12 hours worth). I'm planning to leave a lamp on for 14 hours a day and see if that helps. I also want to buy a ceramic heat emitter set up for her cage, but my mom is fighting me on this, not wanting something that will be left on 24/7. She also thinks that the cage is too big/open for this to be effective, but I thought I'd seen other C&C cages that have had heat emitters used with them on here.
So...main questions are: Any opinions on most likely cause of attempts? Would ceramic heat emitter work alright with my cage?