It makes sense that the unpainted "raw" hood would reflect for light(heat) than the painted one. Reflection is whats key and whats causing the temperature increase.
Ok so here goes. I've got a 5 and a half month old Ambilobe. He's under a 5.0 Reptisun UVB bulb and in a screen enclosure. Pretty much no natural sunlight. He's eating about 12-15 crickets a day, so I would be dusting about 5 crickets. Crickets are being gutloading with a dry gutload along...