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The other morning I got up to turn on Dino's light, at somepoint, the lightbulb had exploded, luckily not hurting him. Has this happened to anyone before? I cant beleve that happened and it could have killed him!

What kind of basking light where you using? I have never had a basking light explode though I have had a UVB florescent tube break and fall from the fixture (the end cap on the tube h ad been damaged in shipping and after awhile it finally broke and sent the entire tube crashing and shattering in the cage, fortunately my bearded dragon was behind his driftwood basking spot and this shielded him from all the glass.

Sometimes the basking bulbs get too hot and could shatter because of it, or it could be a manufactorer defect. Also, if you mist your dragon, droplets of water from the mister may have struck the hot bulb and caused it to explode (not sure if you were present when it exploded or if you just heard it or noticed it afterwards.) Some mercury vabour bulbs, if not mounted correctly or the glass over the bulb was handled to much when screwed in, could explode (also, if they are mounted incorrectly), or manufactorer defects could cause this as well.

We have had the bulbs explode as well. However, it was when the light had been on all day and someone or something tapped up against the lamp. It's never exploded when it's been off. Glad to hear your Dino is doing good and was not harmed!

Our light hasn't exploded, but it did melt part of the plastic track on the top of the enclosure where the screen lid is shoved in. Ooops!

have never had a light explod ebut then we have only had our dragons for jsut over a mnth glad to hear your dragon is ok though.. but i do have a question i hear that your basking light is suppose to be on all day 7 days a week, some ppl tell me i can have them with no light for 6-8 hrs during the day.. what can i really do does the baksing light have to be on all the time or can it be off for a certain anmount of time during the day?? can they be with no light for a couple hrs in a day? let me knwo thanks.. but my babies do seem to love there heat and ligh so i dont know if i could tkae that away form them anyways except if we had to move them or tavel with them for a bit..
let me know thanks
(oh and ps.. can anyone tell me how to post a pic form my pictures???