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[QUOTE="Claudiusx, post: 2025074, member: 31715"] It gets up to those surface temps in their natural habitat, but that doesn't mean they are basking in those temps. Typically dragons will seek shelter in the high noon sun and temperature. Not necessarily. A dragon won't bask if the surface temp isn't proper. We want the proper surface temp so that they spend the proper amount of time at the temperatures their bodies need for proper digestion and metabolic function. IF the dragon is only basking for a minute or two because it's too hot, it doesn't give the body long enough for those basic functions. This is fine, but I'd confirm your IR reading with your probes too. IR guns suffer from inaccurate readings if the surface they are attempting to measure fall outside of it's emissivity value. Many materials we use in our enclosures could have an E-value way outside of the range for your IR gun (Unless your IR gun allows you to manually adjust emissivity). Place a probe on your basking SURFACE and allow it to sit for 10 minutes or so. That will be your true basking surface temp. If your probe and your IR gun agree with each other, then you've just confirmed your IR gun is reading that particular surface properly. IR guns are only accurate if they are being used on a material that the IR gun is made for. I can really dive into it with you if you want, but the simple solution is doing what I mentioned above to confirm your IR gun is measuring accurately. Eitherway, looking forward to more pictures of your little dude and his setup as time goes on :) -Brandon [/QUOTE]
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