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So it got down to -10 the other night and I can’t tell you how glad I am that I had extra light fixtures and a Module habitat because I had to resolve the issue very quickly. Luckily I had my alarm set for when the temperature dropped to 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Up until it got to 10 degrees ambient everything stayed in check. When it dropped below zero that’s when it could no longer keep up. I acted quickly and added two more heat lamps (total of 2=250 watt and 2=100 watt heat lamps) and was able to resolve the issue. Mind you the alarm that it had dropped to 50 degrees in the habitat went off at around 11pm at night so I was glad that I had a plan in place and that I had everything labeled so I knew which zone was monitored by which temperature probe on my Vivarium VE-300X2 so there wouldn’t be the chance of a heater overheating due to the temperature probe being on the wrong channel. It took about a half hour to get the temperature back up to 75. I snapped a picture at 65 and the ambient had gone up to -5 at that point. It’s no joke to take care of a Sulcata in extreme climates and you always have to be ready for the worst case scenario. I even have a backup generator for his habitat.