Scared for my boa

[Aaron_S]

Originally Posted by Corey209

I'm not going to be posting things I don't know 100% anymore, I've had an agreement with Korbin. Read other posts as I've already clarified it around five times. I never insulted your gender nor appearance though so I'm not sure what that's about.

You called her the 'FATHER' of thermodynamics.

Do you NOT see the gender problem? It's a WOMAN you're referring too.

By the way, what does the age of a bearded dragon have to do with the temperature of it's basking spot?

[BarelyBreathing]

Originally Posted by Corey209

I said make sure it doesn't get hot directly below the bulb for a reason. You know what bearded dragons are? The basking spot for them is 100-110 degrees depending on their age. People achieve this 100-110 with just one bulb so I'm pretty sure BD keepers don't have any basking super powers. You're obviously the father of thermodynamics though.

Actually, this is pretty much a myth made popular by the chain pet store companies. In the wild, bearded dragons live where the surface temperatures can get up to 150F. In captivity, many keepers have a basking spot as high as a monitor's basking spot (130-135) and they thrive. The even have less health problems than most big box pet store care sheet kept beardies.