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RE: Nasty Burn or worse?

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Posted by: jburokas at Tue Nov 6 16:53:31 2007   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by jburokas ]  
   

In other words Jeff, you use a bank of several low-wattage lights to have a large area to bask under (meaning the whole lizard can heat up - not just a section of his back). If the basking area is tiny vs. the size of the lizard and the cage is relatively cool, he can inadvertantly burn a small portion of his back trying to heat himself up. In nature, the sun does not heat up a tiny 6" area leaving the rest of the area 70*F. The lizards don't understand this and can burn themselves it seems.

   

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