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Post by sheilap on Jan 22, 2008 16:10:44 GMT -8
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Post by pocochu on Jan 22, 2008 18:50:20 GMT -8
Your babies are cute, you know what you can do is add some fake plants (silk) they love to hide in this things...
I noticed your temp, you really need to get those temps up at least 85- 88 for your all around temp but you also need a cooler spot too.......and that might be hard with a small tank like that..
How long have you had your babies together.....be prepared to separate them because one will become dominant and start picking on the other...
I don't know if you are handy at building things, but you can build an extension on the top of the tank and make it taller, it would give them more room too...Just something to think about................ ;D
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Post by sheilap on Jan 22, 2008 19:07:19 GMT -8
Where they are lying it is always 95. Where the cool area is it stays at 75. Is that ok or should it be higher? thats a good idea building up. Thanks!
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Post by pocochu on Jan 22, 2008 19:24:52 GMT -8
Your Welcome Your basking spot should be 90-95.... The lower temp for the cooler spot is ok. but like I said for your all around air temp should be at least 88..but I know it might be hard to get that temp in a tank....what size is that tank?
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Post by sheilap on Jan 22, 2008 19:30:52 GMT -8
I think a 40 gallon. I need to remeasure, cause the lady said it was 55.
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Post by Jen on Jan 22, 2008 21:03:20 GMT -8
Yep time to plan for the separation, I know they are cute together now but, it will change. My female attacked my male the other day, he was lucky she had his leg and not his neck area. Gave me quite a scare! Your set up has improved!!! Very good. How long has the tail been dropped? Is it healing over? Did you use any neosporin or soak it in betadine?
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Post by Merlin on Jan 23, 2008 7:30:36 GMT -8
Looks like a 40. Too short to be a 55. How are you determining this? and you have a problem with the screen top that comes on those tanks. The openings in that mesh are far too small and the mesh is filtering out most of the UVB your lamp is producing. In other words, your iguana is getting virtually no UVB light! You need a mesh with openings at the barest minimum of 1/8 of an inch. And bigger would be better.
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Post by sheilap on Jan 23, 2008 13:46:40 GMT -8
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Post by sheilap on Jan 23, 2008 13:47:51 GMT -8
There is a thermometer where they bask.
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Post by pocochu on Jan 23, 2008 17:45:56 GMT -8
Sheila, You know what you could do is get a piece of plywood, cut it to fit the top and then cut holes for your lights and then cover the hole with wire mesh and put you lights on them....also be sure to cut some small holes for ventilation and you can cover these hole to with some screen.....
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Post by Jen on Jan 23, 2008 18:31:11 GMT -8
If you do that, make sure you secure the light, I had an accident with my Savannah monitor climbing up and pushing the light over the wood, and it damn near caught fire. We noticed it when it was just smoldering. Thankfully we were home, and caught it in time.
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