assuming the range of light covers the entire animal when up close, yes. Otherwise you need more lights.
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- Thread starter kasaki89
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Yes....
A basking spot the size of the monitors snout to vent lenth is used by alot of keepers, but I wouldnt think covering the entire animal would be a bad thing, just not to practical when you keep 6 or 8 foot lizards.
its not a lie; i had a 200 watt repti basking spot lamp. read that its better to have multiple smaller ones instead of one larger one.. so thats what i did.
If you don't it is harder for them to heat up properly and they have a hard time telling if they are hot enough/ too hot.
As long as the head and body of the monitor are covered, the basking spot is large enough.
You ought to have an infrared temperature gun. However, basking temperatures hot enough that it's hard to keep your hand there are somewhat normal for monitor lizards, and not that uncommon in nature. Just think about the pavement during the summer... Find a rock on a sunny day, and it's the same thing.
Invest in a temp gun as mentioned, it really is a must have if you keep monitor lizards.
You can buy them cheap now on the internet.
Try and get a basking spot of around 135degs with the gun, I add a block of wood the approx thickess of the lizard, then set temp, this gives you more of an accurate reading.
You can buy them cheap now on the internet.
Try and get a basking spot of around 135degs with the gun, I add a block of wood the approx thickess of the lizard, then set temp, this gives you more of an accurate reading.
