Ceramic heater for night

[Thatoulah]

Hey guys, can you recommend me the correct wattage of the ceramic heater for my beardie, it's 4 months old, and the viv is 28" x 22" x 18" ? I'm thinking 75 W. I also have a timer, so I would be able to control it.

Thanks!

 

[Sauzo]

Well, unless the night time temps drop below 65-70 degrees, your beardie won't need a ceramic heater at night. You want them to be able to get cooler at night to help them sleep. Harley gets down to around 70 at night and is fine. Now if your cage/room gets colder than that, then I would just experiment on what wattage you need by putting in a bulb of X wattage and then take a reading after an hour or so and adjust till you reach around 70 degrees. then you will know approximately the wattage of the CHE you will need.