Keeping ambient temps up?

[JohnDoe]

So as the winter winds down we have been trying to keep the electric bill down, and this is where my problem lies.

I am looking for ideas to keep Godzuki's ambient temp up, and hes normal temps are as follows:
Basking- I have two spots one is 86 degrees, and one is 82 degrees, and I have them so he can chose what he is filling.

Bottom of enclosure is running 69.1 degrees, but I am having trouble keeping his ambient up it has stayed in the low 70's and I think it is messing with him.

He will bask all morning then after his 1pm misting he travels down and chills towards the bottom of the enclosure, and I think it has to do with the low ambient temps.

Any advice would help, and open to anything. Thanks for looking

 

[Carlton]

So as the winter winds down we have been trying to keep the electric bill down, and this is where my problem lies.

I am looking for ideas to keep Godzuki's ambient temp up, and hes normal temps are as follows:
Basking- I have two spots one is 86 degrees, and one is 82 degrees, and I have them so he can chose what he is filling.

Bottom of enclosure is running 69.1 degrees, but I am having trouble keeping his ambient up it has stayed in the low 70's and I think it is messing with him.

He will bask all morning then after his 1pm misting he travels down and chills towards the bottom of the enclosure, and I think it has to do with the low ambient temps.

Any advice would help, and open to anything. Thanks for looking

Well, you do want a gradient in his cage normally, but if you feel the gradient is too severe at the moment maybe all you need to do is wrap the cage in some plastic or a sheet temporarily to help hold in the basking heat a little more? You don't need much of a temp increase.

 

[JohnDoe]

Well, you do want a gradient in his cage normally, but if you feel the gradient is too severe at the moment maybe all you need to do is wrap the cage in some plastic or a sheet temporarily to help hold in the basking heat a little more? You don't need much of a temp increase.

Carlton,

Thanks for the response, and that's what I was thinking. We will do that and hopefully it will bring it up just enough. Thanks again