Looking for ideas

[RaeAnn]

I'm just hoping to get a few ideas here. Our baby likes to spend a lot of time outside of her enclosure, sometimes the majority of the day. I don't really like to restrict her and let her come and go as she pleases. I was thinking about getting her a floor light fixture and maybe sticking an MVB bulb in it so she has that available when she's free roaming.

Do you guys know of any light fixtures or anything really that would work for this? I'm hoping to find something not too expensive just something good enough to provide her with a little basking area and possibly a little uvb whiles she's out. Thanks in advanced for any responses

 

[Hdrydr31]

I have a room that I have that is all safe from harm and in there I have a basking area under some rocks for them to warm up I would imagine you could get a smaller tube style UVB like what you have in her tank and mount it somewhere..

 

[KrissyLeigh]

What I do is kind of ghetto but it works - his reptile room is also where his enclosure is, so I use two items (furniture, buckets, whatever) to make two pillars and set his cage lid on top of it so it makes like a table type shape. Then I just move his lights and rest them.on top of the cage lid, exactly as it would be in his tank. Hopefully that makes sense. So he runs around the room and goes under the lights when he needs some warmth. Works well, I didn't have to buy anything extra, and I use whatever is in the room. Just put the lid and lights back on his tank when I put him back.

 

[RaeAnn]

Thank you both for your responses. I really like these ideas. I actually have a T8 fixture that has been collecting dust for sometime now and tons of spare basking platforms. I will have to use that furniture pillar idea and see what I can rig up for her

 

[KrissyLeigh]

Had him out today so took a pic of his explore time lighting - I didn't unplug anything, just shifted the lights over and when he's done placebthwm back on top of the tank