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at Sat Oct 23 11:22:53 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by PHFaust ]
>>I just re-read the thread. For Iguanas and Monitors I would think a baseline temperature of 79* to 81* would be more than enough. I don't think increasing the room temperature is a good idea.
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>>Instead I think you want hotter basking areas, and you want to do so with as little wattage as possible.
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>>A radiant heat panel might provide a hot enough basking area for an Iguana. I'm not sure as I've never used one to provide a signficant hot spot. It might be worth checking them out.
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For the iguanas I have (other than the juvi greens which need hotter) the base line is good, for now. But what I am looking at is in the very near future we will be having temps that drop below zero here. Which means my reptile room which is in the basement (largest room in the house ;}) my temps will drop when the ground freezes. I would like to be prepared for that. I tend to keep my savy around 90 with basking spot of 100. He does so much better there, but once the ground freezes the basement temps will drop.
I did see several of the oil radiator type heaters out now. They plug in and look like the old aparment heaters of the college small old apartment days. I did debate on getting one of those over a ceramic. I was thinking it would have a better heat output.
All of my current basking spots are 10-15 degrees higher. My room baseline is at that temp with about 15 CHEs and 150 Watt bulbs. Oh our electric company will LOVE me.  I want to drop down to 1 CHE or basking bulb per cage. Thats really all the kids need. Will take another look at heaters today at a few stores. Im still nervous about fumes from propane. No canaries down there to test the fume level
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RE: The old heating debate - PHFaust, Sat Oct 23 11:22:53 2004