Burnt out Heating bulb

[syddersspams]

woke up to a burnt out heating bulb this morning. I won’t be able to make it to the pet store until later tonight. will my beardie be ok until then? or is there anything i can do to help him keep warm?

 

[ChileanTaco]

Your beardie will be fine (I guess the room he's in has a normal room temperature and is not freezing cold). For him it's just like a bad weather/ cloudy day, nothing harming him. You could expect him to hide more today. It also happened to me sometimes (lamp burned out during the day when nobody was at home, power outages for up to a day) and I don't worry about this. Bearded dragons are not as fragile as e.g. some high-maintenance aquarium fish are.

For the future, you could try keeping at least one spare lamp so you don't have to go to the pet store right away. Mine always just last 2 - 3 months.

 

[Chris.]

He will be just fine. Also try not to touch the bulb with your bare hands, get a cloth or gloves to touch it. That drastically enhances the lifespan.
Just in case you have a dimmer, setting it to a max of 95% also enhances the lifespan

 

[ChileanTaco]

@Chris.

Can agree on that very much. (But despite I do that, a bulb lasts only 2 - 3 months. Which doesn't mean it won't make sense - it totally makes sense doing that and otherwise the lifespan for sure would be shorter.)

 

[Chris.]

2 - 3 months is crazy, that are probably not very high quality bulbs. Might be you being in Chile though. My bulbs are getting close to a year now and not showing any signs of failure (those are expensive bulbs though).

 

[ChileanTaco]

@Chris.

It's the only one I can get here. On top of that, they are quite expensive (including shipment, I pay approx. 22 Euro/Dollar for one; the bulb itself approx. 15 Euro). And on top of that, they are rarely available, so I even can't stock up much or save on shipment as if available, I get only one.
I buy that one:

Ampolleta Repti Basking Spot Lamp

La Ampolleta Repti Basking Spot Lamp tienen un reflector doble patentado único que enfoca un 35 % más de calor y luz en un haz estrecho. Ideal para usar con reptiles diurnos que se termorregulan tomando el sol, incluidas muchas especies tropicales y desérticas.

www.amigales.cl

(from that store or from other stores in case of them being available, the 100 W, and when you click on the 100 W you see it's currently not available )
In addition, I have a halogen lamp which is now discontinued (also lasts 2 - 3 months, a bit less expensive, was able to pick it up in town for about 10 Euro/Dollar).

That's why I will bring some from Europe once I travel next time.
And that's exactly the reason why I don't have more reptiles. I struggle even with getting enough bulbs for my single dragon - with "struggle" I mean finding them. I can afford them and I won't mind buying more expensive bulbs (not that tight on money and I think "quality has its price"), but not available.

 

[Chris.]

@Chris.

It's the only one I can get here. On top of that, they are quite expensive (including shipment, I pay approx. 22 Euro for one; the bulb itself approx. 15 Euro). And on top of that, they are rarely available, so I even can't stock up much or save on shipment as if available, I get only one.
I buy that one:

Ampolleta Repti Basking Spot Lamp

La Ampolleta Repti Basking Spot Lamp tienen un reflector doble patentado único que enfoca un 35 % más de calor y luz en un haz estrecho. Ideal para usar con reptiles diurnos que se termorregulan tomando el sol, incluidas muchas especies tropicales y desérticas.

www.amigales.cl

(from that store or from other stores in case of them being available, the 100 W, and when you click on the 100 W you see it's currently not available )

That's why I will bring some from Europe once I travel next time.
And that's exactly the reason why I don't have more reptiles. I struggle even with getting enough bulbs for my single dragon - with "struggle" I mean finding them. I can afford them and I won't mind buying more expensive bulbs (not that tight on money and I think "quality has its price"), but not available.

A little off topic here but availability is really an issue in some places. Obviously here in Germany we can pretty much get anything at any quality we want.
Regarding price, my bulb is 75 EUR (~80isch Dollar) and it needs a special brick which is another 100 EUR
But again they burn for ever, you get what you pay for!

 

[ChileanTaco]

@Chris.

Which equipment do you have?
I would for sure rather buy that (e.g. when in Germany) - I pay more than you per year for my bulbs and I'm constantly worrying searching for any. Even got me a CHE and a LED as "emergency replacement". And I'm very much of the kind:

But again they burn for ever, you get what you pay for!

(In Chile generally things are hard to get, especially if it should be a replacement for something, or in case it should be something very specific like such heat lamps, and not some generic (what I could get) 50 W "turtle lamps" where nothing is said what they are actually). I ordered e.g. a new case for my smartphone, new wheels for my office chair, new nose pads for my glasses... from Germany. My in-laws already have a "care parcel" sitting around with other stuff we asked them to buy for us )

 

[Chris.]

@Chris.

Which equipment do you have?
I would for sure rather buy that (e.g. when in Germany) - I pay more than you per year for my bulbs and I'm constantly worrying searching for any. Even got me a CHE and a LED as "emergency replacement". And I'm very much of the kind:


(In Chile generally things are hard to get, especially if it should be a replacement for something, or in case it should be something very specific like such heat lamps, and not some generic (what I could get) 50 W "turtle lamps" where nothing is said what they are actually). I ordered e.g. a new case for my smartphone, new wheels for my office chair, new nose pads for my glasses... from Germany. My in-laws already have a "care parcel" sitting around with other stuff we asked them to buy for us )

The lights I use are uv-mh sets (bulb, socket and brick) from X-Reptile, which is a company that also supplys many zoos all over europe.
The ones I use are 100W in my 210GAL tank but I could probably get along with 75W (in Chile you sure can).
They also put out uva and uvb both and do not need to be replaced (from what I understand), which is why zoos are using them. But obviously do your own research

 

[ChileanTaco]

Thanks for the info! That I for sure would have to buy in Germany.
Had seen them on European and US websites when I did (lots of) research before getting Taco and then compared whether I can get sufficient equipment at all, and what that would be, here.

 

[BuddyBeardedDragon]

woke up to a burnt out heating bulb this morning. I won’t be able to make it to the pet store until later tonight. will my beardie be ok until then? or is there anything i can do to help him keep warm?

Yes, he should be fine. My bearded dragon slept through 20 C° temp. at night without heat bulb and he was perfectly fine in the morning. My heat bulb has lasted my a little over a year already. Have a feeling I will have to change it soon. It's been working so-so recently.