Red light

[Nelly234]

Is the red light okay for my baby bearded dragon? He sleeps right through it all night, so it doesn't seem to bother him. It gets cold in my room maybe under 60. But I saw online the red light wasn't good because of their eyes but he basically sleeps all night and I change it by like 630am when I'm getting ready for work so do u think hell be fine?

 

[VenusAndSaturn]

You need to get rid of it, it still disrupts their sleep and the only reason he even likes it is because of the warmth.

Bearded dragons can see color, even more than we do so while it may not look like anything is wrong to YOU from a bearded dragons view it's pretty annoying basically and they wont sleep fully like they should. Beardies have sleeping patterns just like we do.

If you worry about night time temps get a CHE, this way your bearded dragon can actually sleep fully and get a good nights sleep.

 

[Nelly234]

What is CHE? Where can I get it

 

[Gormagon]

Dragons prefer it to be cool and, dark at night. As long as your house temps don't drop below 65 degrees F at night you won't need any assistance with heat. If they do, (as mentioned above), a CHE (ceramic heat emitter) is a must to control temps in good ranges.

 

[Nelly234]

Right now my heat is on and feels very hot in my room so im not putting any extra heat for him until I get the CHE. If drops a little below 65 is that ok? I am not sure the exact temperature of my room.

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

Yeah, red lights may look nice but they do disrupt sleeping patterns. Using a ceramic heat emitter would really be the better choice.
If you have the heat on in your room then he most likely wont need any nighttime heating right
now.

Tracie

 

[kyleena29]

Here is a place if you're still looking for one.

http://www.reptilebasics.com/60watt-heat-emitter

 

[kingofnobbys]

What is CHE? Where can I get it

see http://www.exo-terra.com/en/products/ceramic_heater.php

i suggest you use one set up with a dimming thermostat to control it, you can run it 24/7 that way and it will eliminate the need to go to more powerful basking globe over winter during the day as the CHE will give a boost to the temperatures in the viv.
Bewared : CHE's surfaces get VERY HOT , so you will need to enclose it in a wire cage to prevent the dragon from touching the hot surfaces and getting serious burns , and you'll also need a high temperature all ceramic e27 fitting for it.

 

[Nelly234]

Last night I used no light and he seems fine. The temperature didnt go below 60 i forgot the exact #. But, I have only a stickon thermometer though. Im ordered the temperature gun on amazon. Do u think I need a CHE?

 

[EllenD]

Most people need no nighttime heat source at all for their Dragons...They are from the Australian Desert, which is #1) PITCH BLACK at night (another reason you cannot have ANY lights on at night, they don't sleep soundly at all, whether you think so or not), and then #2) The desert is very cool, even cold at nighttime, and they must be at a tank Air/Ambient temperature that is considerably cooler than their daytime temps are in order to both sleep soundly and for their bodies to be able to rest and recover...

You have to remember that they are Cold-Blooded creatures, not warm-blooded like us. Unfortunately a lot of people just insist on adding a nighttime heat source to their Dragon's tanks, and it's usually a Ceramic Heat Emitter (CHE), which is good in the sense that it doesn't emit any light, but the problem is that most homes are not kept below 60 degrees at night, and if they are we're talking like a few degrees below that...So they'll have a room temperature of say 55 degrees at an absolute lowest (that's pretty freezing for an inside room temperature), which means that the dragon's tank is about 58-60 degrees, and then they add a 50 watt or 100 watt CHE to bump their tank temperature 5-10 degrees!!! And then the tank ends up being over 80 degrees, which is HOTTER than their daytime temperatures...You see the issue...

You're Dragon is fine at night without any extra heat source if you room is 60 degrees.

 

[Nelly234]

Ok thank you so much!! I'll just leave him with no heat at night since it seemed fine last night