Temperature
80-85 degree ambient temperature with a 90-95 degree basking spot is ideal. Dragons can tolerate temperatures up to 115+ degrees but that is FAR from ideal.
Don’t run your basking light all day long. 3 hours in the morning and 3 in the evening is all they need. Excessive basking temps for prolonged periods of time cause the dragons to dehydrated (especially baby dragons). Over heated males can get very neurotic
GoFast":f65c8 said:I am not sure if this will change the "no it's not" answer but it might so to be completely fair I have edited the original post to include everything that he stated about temps. Maybe this will change things?
dolcedragon":417d1 said:I would say it depends on the size of the enclosure. I leave my basking and UV lights on 12-14 hours a day on a timer. If you have a good temperature gradient going on, your beardies won't spend all day in that one spot.
No, I said that the enclosure would need a good temperature gradient meaning that even though there is only one basking bulb as you get further away from it, it gets cooler. No part of the enclosure would be completely unaffected by the lighting, making the house temperature irrelevant. For example, because of the size of my enclosure I have a basking bulb on the left side, then a regular white bulb in the center, then nothing on the right side. The left side stays at 95 on the log, not on the log it's about 90, then as you go right it gets cooler all the way down to the end where it is about 75. This allows the beardie to choose how warm it wants to be. Gofast, you would really have to measure the temps with a probe or tempgun all over the cage to get an accurate reading. Then you could try it with some of the lights off. If those temps stayed consistent, you could save some money on lighting, but that is usually not the case.ghr15":f4e3d said:But it would have to be some place that is always at 90 degrees. So if you live where it is hot and have no air conditioner it could work.
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