Hello, I posted a few weeks ago about considering getting a Uro. Well it's done, my wife got it for my birthday. He's a yellow Nigerian Uro and his name is Josephine.



That said, let me explain what's going on here on the first night. It's a 40gal tank, 36" long; I was advised that to have two sides to the tank - one where he sleeps and one where he basks in heat. The man who gave me my care sheet told me the following:



1. Put the day lamp on a stand with varying height - the hot spot should be 120F-130F and the ambient day temp should be 100F-110F. I'm using a 160W bulb for this.

2. Put the night lamp directly on the frame that covers the tank - with a red bulb 100W, night temp from 75F to 80F.



OK, there is a piece of cork bark that rises to the day lamp to give Josephine the opportunity to get as close to the lamp as possible. There's a thermometer close to the "cave" to measure cave temp and one close to the day lamp to measure day temp.



The night thermometer measured about 90F so I moved the night lamp closer to the center, and the night temp has dropped to 80. The day lamp seemed to not get much higher than 85, so hopefully moving the night lamp to the other side will help. What happens if I find out tomorrow that it's only 90F-95F on the day side?



Hey just some reassurance that this is typical would be good.



This is exciting. I love feeding mega worms. If I only punch air holes in the top of the container, I suppose I shouldn't put another container on top of it, huh?



Thanks, Rob

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