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murrindindi
at Mon Jun 6 16:45:52 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by murrindindi ]
Hi,
90f sounds like air (ambient) temp? You need to check the surface of whatever you use as a basking place, a flat stone, piece of wood (piece of 3/4inch thick plywood is quite good for retaining heat). But you must have a cool side in the enclosure, too, it should be around 75f ambient(air).... You can move the basking piece either closer or further from the heat lamp, until you get a level of between approx 120 to 130f surface temp (it`s really trial and error).
As I already mentioned, make absolutely sure the monitor cannot get too close, the bulbs get extremely hot.
I think you can get the temp-guns online, but I`m living in the U.K just now, so can`t give you a link to where to buy one, just type "Temp-gun" into your search engine.
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RE: bald spots on dumerils head please help - murrindindi, Mon Jun 6 16:45:52 2011