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Hey all!
I had my dragon's enclosure set up all nice and neat and all the temps were good, etc! But then I moved him to a new apartment recently since I moved temporarily due to COVID, etc. And even though I set everything up as similarily as I could, something about the basking area means the temps are like 15-20 degrees colder! I can't figure out why. I'm guessing that the couple of inches lost between the ceramic heat emitter and the basking area in this new config is enough to do it.
So now my basking area is around 85-89.
I have a 100 w ceramic heat emitter in a wire cage sitting on top of 1/2 inch hardware cloth. The lamp/cage I have is this one (the "small" version): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002DIAYI/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20
Is there a different wire cage someone knows of that might be smaller so the ceramic heat emitter is closer to the hardware cloth? Would a 160w ceramic emitter make the difference here? Should I be using a different heating method entirely since I can't get the ceramic emitter as close? etc!
It had mattered a lot to me initially that the ceramic emitter did not emit any light, since he was in my bedroom. That's not the case at current, he's in a different room of the house, so I could switch to a different method if that's what will do the trick!
His basking area is also a hammock - I know some sort of solid surface might retain heat better, but this is what I'm working with for now!
Ideas?
I had my dragon's enclosure set up all nice and neat and all the temps were good, etc! But then I moved him to a new apartment recently since I moved temporarily due to COVID, etc. And even though I set everything up as similarily as I could, something about the basking area means the temps are like 15-20 degrees colder! I can't figure out why. I'm guessing that the couple of inches lost between the ceramic heat emitter and the basking area in this new config is enough to do it.
So now my basking area is around 85-89.
I have a 100 w ceramic heat emitter in a wire cage sitting on top of 1/2 inch hardware cloth. The lamp/cage I have is this one (the "small" version): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002DIAYI/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20
Is there a different wire cage someone knows of that might be smaller so the ceramic heat emitter is closer to the hardware cloth? Would a 160w ceramic emitter make the difference here? Should I be using a different heating method entirely since I can't get the ceramic emitter as close? etc!
It had mattered a lot to me initially that the ceramic emitter did not emit any light, since he was in my bedroom. That's not the case at current, he's in a different room of the house, so I could switch to a different method if that's what will do the trick!
His basking area is also a hammock - I know some sort of solid surface might retain heat better, but this is what I'm working with for now!
Ideas?
