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[murrindindi]

Originally Posted by nepoez

While I wait for the video to upload can you please answer me this? The basking temp of 140F. Is that supposed to be the temp on the floor surface? Meaning I take a temp gun and measure the temp of the floor right under the bulb. Or should the 140F be the temp of the monitor's skin?

why I ask is because if the floor is 140F, then when the monitor is on the hot spot, the monitor is close to the bulb than the floor, which means his surface temp on his skin will be more than 140F.

So what to do?

I don`t want to confuse you more than you seem to be just now, so I`ll just say that having the surface of the basking object at 140f will not cause the monitor any harm even though it`s body will be closer to the heat. It doesn`t mean his skin will burn or that his core temp will rise to that temp (again, it`s only the inanimate BASKING OBJECT `S surface).
He is quite overweight, that in itself will cause a lack of activity to some degree, if he isn`t really hungry there`s no need to move about apart from just basking to thermoregulate.
Try measuring either just the tail or just the snout to vent, then double it and you will have a fairly accurate measurement of his total length. If you have a plastic flexible tape measure it will make it a bit easier to do than the rigid metal one.
The enclosure looks very sparce, nothing on top of the soil such as bark or leaves etc, and no sturdy branches/logs for climbing. You absolutely MUST move the MVB to a safe distance immediately (30cm or over).

[nepoez]

Originally Posted by murrindindi

I don`t want to confuse you more than you seem to be just now, so I`ll just say that having the surface of the basking object at 140f will not cause the monitor any harm even though it`s body will be closer to the heat. It doesn`t mean his skin will burn or that his core temp will rise to that temp (again, it`s only the inanimate BASKING OBJECT `S surface).
He is quite overweight, that in itself will cause a lack of activity to some degree, if he isn`t really hungry there`s no need to move about apart from just basking to thermoregulate.
Try measuring either just the tail or just the snout to vent, then double it and you will have a fairly accurate measurement of his total length. If you have a plastic flexible tape measure it will make it a bit easier to do than the rigid metal one.
The enclosure looks very sparce, nothing on top of the soil such as bark or leaves etc, and no sturdy branches/logs for climbing. You absolutely MUST move the MVB to a safe distance immediately (30cm or over).

Hi so I take it you saw the video. So here's more, in point form

1.) I don't have a log to climb, but I do have a wooden ramp that allows climbing I'm not sure if you can see it in the video.

2.) I had a bunch of leaf litters covering the floor but they all got eaten or broken down and now it's winter so I have no more leaves outside(snowing)

3.) If I move the MVB higher, then the basking temp will not reach 140F, what do I do with that? This is where I'm most confused...

[murrindindi]

Originally Posted by nepoez

Hi so I take it you saw the video. So here's more, in point form

1.) I don't have a log to climb, but I do have a wooden ramp that allows climbing I'm not sure if you can see it in the video.

2.) I had a bunch of leaf litters covering the floor but they all got eaten or broken down and now it's winter so I have no more leaves outside(snowing)

3.) If I move the MVB higher, then the basking temp will not reach 140F, what do I do with that? This is where I'm most confused...

You need to take out the MVB and replace it with 1 or 2 halogens as I showed in the photo earlier (I doubt you will need this many, but that will depend on the wattages)...
One ramp = one branch, that`s not much, you need to provide the monitor with the "furniture" that will allow him to use as much of the available space as possible, that means under, on, and above the ground!

[nepoez]

OK replaced MVB bulb with halogen. Will take temps when the heat is stabilized.

Originally Posted by murrindindi

You need to take out the MVB and replace it with 1 or 2 halogens as I showed in the photo earlier (I doubt you will need this many, but that will depend on the wattages)...
One ramp = one branch, that`s not much, you need to provide the monitor with the "furniture" that will allow him to use as much of the available space as possible, that means under, on, and above the ground!