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Savannah Monitor activity level?
Hello everyone, Im wondering just how active my monitor should be. Its about 5 months old and around 10 inches long.
First thing in the morning it spends about 20 minutes basking before wondering around. It has an elevated piece of granite as a basking spot, and she spends most of her day lying under it, but from time to time it basks for a few, then wonders for a few. This goes on for maybe 6-7 hours before she heads back to her den to sleep.
Taken with a temp gun.
Basking site 128F
Under bask 95F - 100F
Warm side low 90's
Cold side low to mid 80's
Ive got two 50w halogens for heat, and was thinking about lowering them another two inches to up her basking site. Thing is, at one point I had three going, and the temp went up to 140F and it was always squirming on the rock, as if it couldnt get comfortable. I figure there must have been a hot spot, so I took away the third bulb. But otherwise she seemed more lively, not lying under her basking rock as much.
Humidity is is 80% at the cold end, and 65% under her basking rock.
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