Oliver is very strange. Whenever his basking light is off or he comes out of his terrarium he shows little to no stress mark(as you can see above). When he is basking, however he has a very
black beard and a ton of stress marks. I don't think it's the heat because I saw him thermoregulating the other day. I suspect it is the light because his home at the pet store doesn't have as many lighting elements. I just wanted to see if anyone else has had this happen or has an idea about why this is happening. Oliver is kept in a 50 gallon reptile terrarium with a 150 watt neodymium bulb about 5 inches away from his basking spot. His hammock is about 102 degrees and the top of his stick is around 105. He also has a 75 watt on the cool side to keep the temps around 75 to 80. He has a reptisun 10.0 near his basking spot. He also has a 100 watt ceramic heat emitter to keep him warm at night. Please tell me what you think. Sorry for the long post so here are some more pics of Oliver:
^olivers setup
^oliver covered in stress marks while basking.
^hunting for crickets.
^your supposed to eat the hornworms Oliver, not sit on them!
^no Oliver, you can't come out.
^oliver the explorer.
^oliver doing what he does best: climbing
^Dubia hunting in action.