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[dnoy88]

Ok so no hole now should I set the heat lamps on top of the glass or should they go inside the enclosure and I read something about useing heat tubes to heat the substrate in one of the other threads can those heat tubes be picked up at petco if not where could I get some because in the thread they were saying the substrate needs to be jst as warm as the enclosure

[dnoy88]

Also I moved her out of that ten gal tank and put in a tote that's about 4ft long 2ft wide and about 18 inches high and I made the substrate about 8 inches deep which is twice as deep as I had it the ten gal tank but she hasn't started to try and burrow like she was in the ten gal tank could this jst be because its a new enclosure and she jst needs time to settle in like web I first brought her home
Also jst so every one knows this is only a temporary enclosure till I get her permant one built and set up in the house and she is quite small still her head is about the size of my thumb

[BarelyBreathing]

Originally Posted by dnoy88

Ok so no hole now should I set the heat lamps on top of the glass or should they go inside the enclosure and I read something about useing heat tubes to heat the substrate in one of the other threads can those heat tubes be picked up at petco if not where could I get some because in the thread they were saying the substrate needs to be jst as warm as the enclosure

You want your lights inside the enclosure, at one side so that there is a temperature gradient. You need to pick up a digital thermometer with a probe, AND an infra red temperature gun.

[infernalis]

Originally Posted by dnoy88

Ok so no hole now should I set the heat lamps on top of the glass or should they go inside the enclosure and I read something about useing heat tubes to heat the substrate in one of the other threads can those heat tubes be picked up at petco if not where could I get some because in the thread they were saying the substrate needs to be jst as warm as the enclosure

The dirt will hold steady at around 75-89 pretty much on it's own unless the cage is in a really cold place.

I checked my dirt with the temp gun last night, and the soil was 78 degrees.

Please don't misunderstand, the whole cage cannot be hot, you want what we call a gradient, meaning that if the lizard wants to cool off, it will hide in cool places, if it wants to heat up, it will use the basking lamp to heat up.

That is another reason for large cages, it's so much easier to get a good range of conditions inside a large area, but nearly impossible to achieve a range of conditions suitable for good health in a small enclosure or fish tank.