Recent content by wrestlingwookie

Thanks for all the help guys! I'll keep you updated!

I've gotten the temps up to 80 on the cool side and 96 on the warm side, which are ambient, and the basking is around 98 now as a surface temp. I think I'm finally getting it where it should be, but let me tell ya, he is awfully moody with all the changes. Also, I think he's getting reflections...

And those first two are ambient, the third is surface temp

So just to be clear, what should the temps be? I got a new thermometer and my cool side is about 78, my warm side is around 86, and his basking surface is about 91. How should I adjust them?

So do you guys think adding a second bulb would be best, or just a higher wattage? I had a 250 watt red heat lamp that was getting better temps and keeping the humidity down, so should I just get a non-red heat lamp? Brandon, I still need to get another thermometer, I'm using an ir laser...

My temp in the hot side is high 80's and the cool side is mid 70's, but I don't think he's getting warm enough basking wise. I have a 100 watt incandescent for him, but I'm wondering if I should add a second or change to an incandescent spot light. I just don't think he's getting warm enough, he...

Just a quick update on Ranger, I've changed his red light to incandescent, got everything set up on the timers correctly, and ordered a 10.0 bulb. The first bulb was broken in shipping, but I have another one on the way. I've noticed that it seems like the stress marks go away when I get him...

Thanks for the info! So my lights are on a timer, from 6-6, so twelve hours a day, except the red light. I'll switch out the red light for a standard bulb and add it to the timer, the t10 is the hard one, I haven't found one at any shops near me, so I'll have to see if one will survive shipping...

Sounds good, so some clarification, I dripped water on him like a bath and just let it kind of come off that way so it would soften up, I read that pulling it off can be painful for them, so I was trying to avoid that by just getting him wet. It didn't all come off, so I just let the rest come...

So I've had ranger for about a month now, and I think his behavior is pretty good, some days he still runs away from me when I go to pick him up, some days he's fine with it. Well this weekend he molted, like in one day just poof! I gave him a bath and removed the loose skin without pulling...