sleeping on the cold side

Spicy the beardie

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my beardie falls asleep under his hammock with his head buried under his bark.
this is on the far cold side of his enclosure which gets to about 16 degrees Celsius at night.
when I wake up and check on him at about 7.30, he is ice cold but still asleep.
I usually move him to bask under his lamp of fear for him getting to cold
is this the right thing to do?


PS where I live the temps drop dramatically over night
 
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my beardie falls asleep under his hammock with his head buried under his bark.
this is on the far cold side of his enclosure which gets to about 16 degrees Celsius at night.
when I wake up and check on him at about 7.30, he is ice cold but still asleep.
I usually move him to bask under his lamp of fear for him getting to cold
is this the right thing to do?


PS where I live the temps drop dramatically over night
Yeah, 16°C (60°F) is relatively cold. You really don't want temps to drop below 18°C (65°F).

As for moving him, I don't see an issue with that, other than disturbing his sleep, which I don't know how detrimental that is, if at all.

If I were you, I'd throw a heat mat on the cold side during the night just to ensure it doesn't drop below that 18°C mark.
 

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