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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).
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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...
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