I was the one that had the post about my dragon that died from being overheated outside. I had put her in a box with a screen cover DIRECTLY IN THE SUN. Sounds like you have your setup with the important things in mind......shade to cool off in and a source of water. Her being in the box amplified the heat even though there was a screen cover. I didn't think about the usual set up we all do for our dragons.........a basking spot, AND A COOL SPOT. I ASSUMED that just because she sometimes lays under her basking spot for hours, that she would be ok. I live in Arizona, one of the hottest places in the country. I ASSUMED that just because she was a desert dweller by nature that she would be ok .I must also say that, I noticed in her aquarium she would often kinda put herself just outside the hottest spot in her cage. Looking back, I think she was one that didn't like the 105-110 degrees which is what we think of as the typical basking spot temperature.....if that makes sense. I think dragons can vary in what is comfortable for them just like people. My advice.........just don't ASSUME anything. If I had really thought about how she was in her cage, and really watched what her habits were, I would still have her today. Like I said, I had noticed that she stayed just outside the hottest spot in her cage quite often (which I kept between 105-106).

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• outside enclosures - mapplegate, Mon Jun 21 18:50:19 2010
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• RE: outside enclosures - DreamWorks, Mon Jun 21 21:02:35 2010
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• RE: outside enclosures - DreamWorks, Mon Jun 21 21:31:29 2010
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• RE: outside enclosures - pdragon1, Tue Jun 22 12:51:03 2010
• RE: outside enclosures - angiehusk, Tue Jun 22 13:15:37 2010
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• RE: outside enclosures - angiehusk, Tue Jun 22 14:12:55 2010
• RE: outside enclosures - PHLdyPayne, Tue Jun 22 16:43:27 2010
• RE: outside enclosures - angiehusk, Tue Jun 22 16:47:27 2010
• RE: outside enclosures - DreamWorks, Tue Jun 22 19:02:40 2010
• RE: outside enclosures - angiehusk, Tue Jun 22 19:50:55 2010
• RE: outside enclosures - DreamWorks, Tue Jun 22 20:17:03 2010
• RE: outside enclosures - herpenthusiast, Tue Jun 22 16:08:00 2010
• RE: outside enclosures - pdragon1, Tue Jun 22 23:28:06 2010
• RE: outside enclosures - txdragons, Thu Jun 24 18:23:01 2010
• great link - pdragon1, Fri Jun 25 12:31:26 2010
• RE: outside enclosures - horsema, Tue Jun 22 01:49:00 2010