MoreCowbellAz
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Some of you may remember me, I have a baby DT in good health. He's a small guy, shell is 1.6 x 1.9 inches. Anyway, things are going well, I just wanted to check what I'm doing with lighting and temps. Indoor open top enclosure, and I have a 100w MVB on 12 hrs a day that I adjust the height so his basking spot peaks at around 100 in the hottest part of the day, mid '90's earlier in the day. That puts the MVB at 17" from shell to bulb, which at least according to the MVB manual is ok for UVB, it says it's good 12" to 21" I believe. As it gets cooler I'll be lowering the MVB accordingly which will intensify the UVB, but I'm hoping I'm not making a bad assumption that he's getting some even at this 17" setting. AM I ok here? Btw he gets a couple hours of natural sunlight a couple times a week but I don't want to solely rely on that.
As far as temps, the enclosure has a hot basking side and a cooler/ambient temp side with some shade. The daytime ambient temp peaks at 88 during the day, at night the low is mid 70's. The low will come down as we get into winter here, but wouldn't be less than upper 60's. I'll prob get a CHE just to be safe.
Anyway, at these MVB and overall temps he seems to be healthy and happy, but I wanted to check with the experts in case I'm missing something.
As far as temps, the enclosure has a hot basking side and a cooler/ambient temp side with some shade. The daytime ambient temp peaks at 88 during the day, at night the low is mid 70's. The low will come down as we get into winter here, but wouldn't be less than upper 60's. I'll prob get a CHE just to be safe.
Anyway, at these MVB and overall temps he seems to be healthy and happy, but I wanted to check with the experts in case I'm missing something.