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kmartin311
at Fri Oct 31 12:29:45 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by kmartin311 ]
Hey Mim, I did take part in that thread infact I tried to pursuade Robyn to use less CAPS when trying give some advice.
A few notes - I have owned bearded dragons for the better part of ten years and have experience working with many reptile species. Popular C-B reptiles' ancestries come from different parts of the world with varied climates. In captivity, is our main goal not to provide them the best care and health? Trying to accurately create their environments is a huge part of that, including temperatures they would experience in the wild. 130 degrees is way too hot for even an elevated bask for a dragon. Go ahead and try it. Record how long an adult dragon will sit in-place under 130. I'd love to hear the results. Maybe we even take a consensus here and get all the breeders and enthusiasts to provide their temps for a dragon bask site and average them out. I'm willing to wage that the average is somewhere around 100.
I'm not trying to sell my practices on anyone here. I'm all about the health and care of bearded dragons. I only suggest what has worked for me in my years of keeping them.
Robyn, it seems to me like alot of the time you post here you provide helpful insight to the inquiry but somehow always reference to a temp gun. Kind of convenient huh? Pro Exotics manufactures temp guns.
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RE: Question about lighting........ - kmartin311, Fri Oct 31 12:29:45 2008