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ReptoNick
at Thu Feb 12 22:14:12 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by ReptoNick ]
I have used one in the past and have found nor heard of any "cons" on this topic.
1, this gives the dragon a 24/7 heat source when you turn off the spot lamp for the night. Some people now use ceramic heat bulbs at night to keep their dragon warm. An under tank heater would be no different other than the heat would be comming from the bottom rather than the top.
2, my dragon sometimes goes to the bottom of the tank and digs a depression in the corner of the tank to sleep curled up in. I do not have an under tank heater, nor a ceramic heat lamp on to give him some heat while he sleeps, but I can imagion that he'd appreciate it none the less.
3, the only objection to your recommendation is that some believe in thermoregulating the animal in the sense of night and day. In that turning off all sources of heat at night would mimic the natural dropping of temps they would experience every day in the wild.
So all in all, a constant source of heat (via under tank heater or ceramic heat bulb) would cause no problems in my opinion. The only thing the extra heat would do it speed up his metabolism in that he'd eat more, and more often. But then again, he IS a bearded dragon!
Hope this helps.
~Nick
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- Under Tank Heaters - a2zgraphix, Thu Feb 12 21:20:04 2004
 RE: Under Tank Heaters - ReptoNick, Thu Feb 12 22:14:12 2004
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