blackouteffect90az12
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Hello everyone,
My name is Brandon and this is my first post on these forums. I use them a lot to just read others questions and see the answers and everyone is always so helpful, so i decided to give this a whirl. My beardie's name is Osiris. Hes approximately 5-6 months old. I just got him a new terrarium(hes been in it for about a month now), its 4 foot long, by 2 foot by 2 foot.(see pictures). Here's our issue, he doesnt have any health issues currently(although he has been hiding in his log this past week, but he hides on the hot side log, not the cool.) He eats everything(greens and crix) regularly and poops twice a day. everything checks out health wise. he basks a lot, his mouth is never gaping or anything like that and i never see him on the cool side of his tank.(if youre wondering what the box thing is on the left hand side, its a dehumidifier. i live in southern california and its always humid. with that it usually sits at 26% or lower. I have the water dish in his tank because he actually drinks from it often. ive witnessed it. although im not sure if it works right, it never collects water.. but thats me getting off topic.) ANYWAYS, Temperature gradient is the problem. the probe on his basking spot reads 105-113 most the time. which is good. he enjoys it. but his cool side is usually 90-95 and i hear thats not a pleasant time. It is summer time here in so cal, but the ball pythons cage in the same room is smaller and doesnt get up to that heat and he has a bigger bulb in his deep domes. His light right now is a daylight blue 75 watt along with a 36 inch reptisun 10.0 across the top. Ive tried the 50 watt Intense basking bulb and the temperatures on both sides went out. Only thing i havent tried is a 50 watt blue and maybe somehow raising his basking platform?) Any ideas would help. ive been thinking a tight beam low wattage bulb maybe? not sure how different that would be from the intense basking spot. I love the little guy, just trying to give him the best life possible. (lots of pictures included)
Thanks for any and all help guys.
My name is Brandon and this is my first post on these forums. I use them a lot to just read others questions and see the answers and everyone is always so helpful, so i decided to give this a whirl. My beardie's name is Osiris. Hes approximately 5-6 months old. I just got him a new terrarium(hes been in it for about a month now), its 4 foot long, by 2 foot by 2 foot.(see pictures). Here's our issue, he doesnt have any health issues currently(although he has been hiding in his log this past week, but he hides on the hot side log, not the cool.) He eats everything(greens and crix) regularly and poops twice a day. everything checks out health wise. he basks a lot, his mouth is never gaping or anything like that and i never see him on the cool side of his tank.(if youre wondering what the box thing is on the left hand side, its a dehumidifier. i live in southern california and its always humid. with that it usually sits at 26% or lower. I have the water dish in his tank because he actually drinks from it often. ive witnessed it. although im not sure if it works right, it never collects water.. but thats me getting off topic.) ANYWAYS, Temperature gradient is the problem. the probe on his basking spot reads 105-113 most the time. which is good. he enjoys it. but his cool side is usually 90-95 and i hear thats not a pleasant time. It is summer time here in so cal, but the ball pythons cage in the same room is smaller and doesnt get up to that heat and he has a bigger bulb in his deep domes. His light right now is a daylight blue 75 watt along with a 36 inch reptisun 10.0 across the top. Ive tried the 50 watt Intense basking bulb and the temperatures on both sides went out. Only thing i havent tried is a 50 watt blue and maybe somehow raising his basking platform?) Any ideas would help. ive been thinking a tight beam low wattage bulb maybe? not sure how different that would be from the intense basking spot. I love the little guy, just trying to give him the best life possible. (lots of pictures included)
Thanks for any and all help guys.