Basking help

Weve had Fuzzy for 6 days now and ive yet to see him take himself to the basking spot.
Hes usually on the cooler side of the cage in the shade.

He will stay on the hot spot once i put him there untill he gapes then he moves.

Im just wondering if hes still finding his way around the cage as its still pretty new to him and at the pet shop he had a log and a bowl for company! ?

Maybe the tank is a little hot. The weather has been good here lately and my living room has been hot.
I had to get a lower basking bulb as the 100w was sending temps to over 40c. In the basking area.
Ive lowered the bulb to 50w and temps now say 33c.

The cooler side says between 26 an 28c and isnt fallin much lower at night.
Im not sure how to cool the colder side down as its a long strip light across the back of the tank mounted inside on the lid. exo terra repti glo 10.0 uvb, 30w The tank is 4 ft long and the light is 3ft so goes along most of the tank apart from 6inches either end.

He was under his hide a bit yesterday but when i got him out he felt cold.

Should i worry?

Thanks in advance x

Weather is cooler here today. Basking spot was 30.1c.
Ive changed the basking bulb back to the 100w to see what that gives me.
If it gets too warm i may have to change for a 75w
The cool side is still 25.2c

your basking spot should be about 100 f (37 c) cool side should be about 10 to 15 degrees cooler as that is what happens in shade naturally. because it is still new it could be that he is still getting his bearings so i would not worry much but if he still does not at least go into the warm side of the tank to thermoregulate in the next day or two i would start placing him there (that's what i did with my dragon and now he goes where ever he wants and i did that from day one as soon as i saw he was not using his basking spot) and he should get used to things fairly quickly.

Thank you. I have been putting him there and ive noticed today hes on the basking shelf but not directly under the light. Does that count?

Putting in the 100 w bulb the temp has gone up to 41c again.

It happens as the sun gets on my living room.

Will have to try a 75w bulb i think.

I am in the us so I use Fahrenheit but I used a conversion calculator and that temp is ok a lot of studies say between 100 to 105 degrees Fahrenheit give or take a couple degrees for the basking spot and iIhave found it to be optimal my self. i would not let it get much higher than the 41 c though (calculator said that that was equal to 105.8 f)

Thank you x

no problem i just want every ones beardie to be well taken care of and living happy healthy lives. do you have any pictures of your set up ?

Thats all i want too. I feel if you take on an animal it should be for life and that life should be the best possible x

Not sure why the pic wont turn.

Theres a big rock water dish on the left at the bottom back of the cage that you cant see in the pic.

very nice did you make it your self or order it?
he does look very happy and healthy how old is he?

here is my vulcan

and my husbands hermes

also i would change the water daily since the bowl is big enough to bath in.

Ordered just the cage but added all the furnishings. Im happy with it. It looks nice and he seems happy. Hes exploring lots.

This is my 1st dragon and im so paranoid about getting it wrong. I dont want to harm him in anyway but im learning fast.

Ive done nothing but read for about a month lol

Does it matter how close he gets to the strip light? He was about 4 inches away from it earlier

Your 2 are beautiful ?

My Fuzzy is 8 months old x