I changed the bulb over my Savannah monitors basing spot and it's all about 130 except one 1"x1" area directly beneath the bulb is like 160 degrees farenheit. Is this too hot for him. Should I go get a new bulb cause I can't lower the basking area or raise the bulb.
How hot is too hot
- Thread starter aidenb
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yah my own oppinion would be that 160 is to hott. i would go to like 140 and put some structure going up towards the bulb so that if he wants to get closer then he has the option, with an inclined log he can find the temp level he likes.
For a concentrated basking spot that is way too hot. You want a basking temperature in the 115-125 degree range, but spread out. The idea is to give your monitor the choice of temps to bask in. I have always used 3-5 smaller wattage bulbs space evenly over the basking spot.
A savs ideal basking temp is 130 and the area should be large enough to cover it's whole body, I just needed to know if that one tiny area would burn him. And of course he has a temperature gradient, that is only his Hottest basking temp.
I'd be a bit worried about the hot spot. I'd be more concerned if his basking area was smaller and he couldn't get his entire body under the heat source, but having that one hot bit would make me a bit nervous. Do you know why? Is it some anomaly in the bulb?