Welshbeardie1
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Hi everyone, a quick intro: new beardie owner - never owned one before, answered an sos from a local exotic pet shop to re home a Beardie who was brought to them due to a change in the owners circumstances. Beardie in question we were told was 3yo female standard (not morph), she came with 4 foot by 2.5 viv,uv and heatlamp, shop changed all bulbs for new and we bought decoration and substrate along with a thermostat and an extra digital thermometer.
She was very stressed the first day but 3 days later she seems to be calming down, feeding mix of salad leaves,bell peppers, meal worms and locust on different days covered in vitamin powder.
I’m wondering whether someone could help a newbie out and just glance over the viv and make sure I’ve got everything right for her.
Under her basking spot on the log temp was 104-110
Middle of tank ranges from 90-93
Cool end 85-90
The temps above are a work in progress adjusting the probe placement to get the temp gradient to smooth out to desired temps
tonight I’ve bent the light arm bracket to more of a right angle than the previous owner had set it( previous angle shown in photo) to try and reduce heat transfer to the cooler side by focusing light down rather than across
Red circle : thermostat probe
Yellow circle : thermometer (ambient?)
Any other help greatly appreciated
She was very stressed the first day but 3 days later she seems to be calming down, feeding mix of salad leaves,bell peppers, meal worms and locust on different days covered in vitamin powder.
I’m wondering whether someone could help a newbie out and just glance over the viv and make sure I’ve got everything right for her.
Under her basking spot on the log temp was 104-110
Middle of tank ranges from 90-93
Cool end 85-90
The temps above are a work in progress adjusting the probe placement to get the temp gradient to smooth out to desired temps
tonight I’ve bent the light arm bracket to more of a right angle than the previous owner had set it( previous angle shown in photo) to try and reduce heat transfer to the cooler side by focusing light down rather than across
Red circle : thermostat probe
Yellow circle : thermometer (ambient?)
Any other help greatly appreciated