For safety you can either set a light fixture directly on the screen or, better yet, hang it from the ceiling.



Here is a picture of my Bearded Dragon cage. This served as a prototype of sorts for the cage in the previous pictures.



I've had two different heat sources in this cage and will soon try a third.



I took one of those horizontal combo light fixtures and put a 160 watt self-ballasted mercury vapor bulb in it. The combo light easily slid into the false ceiling area. When the MV burned out within three months I decided to try something else.



I took a regular old electrical box and screwed it to the top of the cage. I found a cover for it through which I was able to screw a 600 watt light fixture (made by Pearlco many years ago). I then put a ceramic heat emitter in the fixture. To replace the light lost from removing the combo light I put a shop light fixture in the false ceiling area. Plenty of room for both the ceramic and the shop light.



The electrical box distributed the heat nicely to eliminate fire risks.



However, I left just under 6" in the false ceiling for my bearded dragon cage and only have room for the 100 watt Pearlco. The basking area does not always get above 100* F. so I may try a radiant heat panel.



Sorry for the photo quality. This cage looks much better in person, although not as good as the cage in the previous posts.

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