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dianedfisher
at Thu Apr 20 08:09:00 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by dianedfisher ]
I believe that I "cooked" Thraxxis, also and that it wasn't a skin infection at all. I guess my vet didn't recognize burn-blistered skin either and I had zero experience with burns. Eric A. suggested that I entertain the thought that it might be burns rather than a skin infection. I bought some really nice stainless steel 3 way fixtures from Big Apple that allow you to position your 10.0 compact fluorescent tubes lengthwise so that your herps get moe UVB exposure. Each of these fixtures also has 2 additional ceramic fitted incandescent light fixtures suitable for incandescent basking spots and ceramic emitters. I don't know if the stainless steel is just that much more reflective or these fixtures just allow the bulbs to be positioned a little lower than a traditional dome lamp or the fact that since Veiled require a higher basking spot I just made a bad choice (100 watt) in basking bulbs. It was winter and I also had a 60 watt mega-ray heat emitter in the other fixture. Ambient air temp was still only 77F and my IR gun showed temps around 90-100 under the basking spot. The mega-ray you can hold your hand under and it is not uncomfortable. I guess I've learned that the babies don't need the 100F like the adults do. "Experience is a hard teacher, but fools will learn no other way". Eric probably saved Chyam, also. I had the almost the same set-up in his cage, but his is 2 sides wood. So, I think all of the cages and husbandry issues are now acceptable, I just need to get my poor little guy to grow some new skin. His fool of a mommy is trying with all of her heart! Diane
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My 3 CWD-Avanyu, Tripod and Drago
Valentino, Veiled Chameleon
Chyam, Nosy Be Panther Chameleon
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RE:Diane, sorry about little Valentino - dianedfisher, Thu Apr 20 08:09:00 2006