You have done a great job choosing a MVB lamp!Darwin had a pretty good visit from Santa this year. I removed the tile from his enclosure and replaced it with shelf liner since his nails don't grow. He doesn't really use his enclosure except to sleep, but I figured it wouldn't hurt. Gave me an excuse to deep clean the whole thing anyway.
He got a container of hornworms and some BSFL too. The BSFL got delayed in transit so I wound up throwing a bunch of them out since they were mushy and stinky. Was able to save the rest though. Hornworms are fine and growing to edible size now. He also got a hand knit blanket =)
For lighting he got a replacement lamp stand as well as a 100w PowerSun (mostly so I can test it's output) and the european Arcadia 100w MVB with a step up converter which is his new kitchen light. I haven't done much testing yet, but initial observation is that UVB output from both of them is strong with a nice wide beam from both of them. The PowerSun isn't as bright as the Arcadia or MegaRay. It puts out a nice spread of heat though. The Arcadia is incredibly powerful in terms of UVB output, but it doesn't produce much heat. It doesn't get the basking surface warm enough on it's own without putting it close enough to produce 14UVI which is ovbiously no go. I'll wind up installing a second lamp next to it for him, but will wait a few weeks to see how it goes after burn-in. He seems to enjoy basking under all of them so far. I'll have some time to do more detailed output testing soon, which will give UVI and temperature details for the PowerSun and Arcadia MVBs.
Today I tried to make a mountain out of everything I had at the moment.You could give a perch with a couple different heights and your dragon will choose where he's happy.
I think I have found a solution to this problem.I agree. Since the lighting in an open room allows them to move about much more easily, there is a lot more flexibility regarding temps and UVB exposure. I've also found it helpful to set up a plain basking light near the MVB. That way they can just bask under heat if they want to. Darwin seems to enjoy just the incandescent bulb heat someitmes rather than the MVB and moves back and forth as he wishes.
Thank you!I'm glad you got it worked out, time outside their enclosure is great enrichment for them.
How long has he been sleeping and has it been pretty solid ?Not much to report on Darwin lately. He is still a sleepyhead, but is starting to wake up a bit during the day and even roamed around for a little while over the weekend. This is a pretty long brumation for him. He has been asleep all summer and still isn't eating any food. He will take water though, which is good. I don't like the look of his sunken fat pads on his head but hopefully those will fill back in after he starts to wake up and eat more. His weight is remaining steady around 520g which tells me he is OK but just doing an extended brumation for some reason. Hopefully he'll wake up soon, I miss having him dart all over the house doing important investigations.
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