Basking spot

[reptile man]

I have two basking spots one is between 125 and 130 the other is 110 is this good?

[TragicTaste]

What type of reptile, how big of an enclosure?

[reptile man]

savnnah monitor he is in a temporary 50 gallon tank

[Gungirl]

How temporary?

Humidity staying high enough in the set up?

[TragicTaste]

Ive always heard of one wide basking spot over the warm side, with temps inbetween what you have them at (from 110-130), and then the cool side being around 80. I dont personally keep them, but thats the way most of my friends keep thier enclosures, albeit they are much larger than a 55gall tank.

[reptile man]

just till we are done with his other one and Humidity is good we keep the top coverd spray him and he has a fogger

[reptile man]

heat lamps on the same side and he uses them both and the other end of the cage is 80

[infernalis]

That setup is far from ideal.

I highly recommend having the adult cage done very quickly.

[kriminaal]

I like how no one answered the question straight off the bat.
Which was awesome as there's no straight answer.
Two thumbs up.

[Danimal]

That ^^^^^^^^^^^^

[AjaMichelle]

I think the only way to know if the spots are "good" is to describe the behavior of the monitor... is your savannah monitor using either spot? How much time does he spend in the each spot?

With what are you measuring the surface temperature? (infrared temp gun, etc.)

Do you have any substrate in the enclosure? How deep is it?

Where is your monitor spending his time?

[reptile man]

That setup is far from ideal.

I highly recommend having the adult cage done very quickly.
we are working on it now:freakedout:

[reptile man]

I think the only way to know if the spots are "good" is to describe the behavior of the monitor... is your savannah monitor using either spot? How much time does he spend in the each spot?

With what are you measuring the surface temperature? (measuring the surface temperature, etc.)

Do you have any substrate in the enclosure? How deep is it?

Where is your monitor spending his time?
he has 3 burrows im measuring the surface temperature with a temp gun he uses both hot spots for a bout 10 min each and he eats 80+ crikets and getting night crawlers tuesday:cool:

[AjaMichelle]

What kind of substrate are you using and how deep is it?

How long and wide and deep is the enclosure?

[reptile man]

echo earth mixed with a clay like soil it fills half of the cage and i will give you the rest of info tomorrow im sleepy lol

[reptile man]

What kind of substrate are you using and how deep is it?

How long and wide and deep is the enclosure?
i dont kow all that but i know he has plenty of space and substrate

[infernalis]

i dont kow all that but i know he has plenty of space and substrate


Can your lizard burrow underground in it's current cage?

You do know they live underground right?

[reptile man]

Can your lizard burrow underground in it's current cage?

You do know they live underground right?
yes and yes

[reptile man]

and we also just put in leaf litter