Night Heating

[Emski]

Hey all,

I currently have a 8month old female eastern beardy & a 5month old male eastern beardy.

Currently they have the heat on from 6am - 8pm - I try to keep them in this routine.

My question is the 5m old likes the heat on over night and will sleep with it on but the 8m old gets grumpy with it on?

The hot end gets to 38+ degrees and the cool end 23 - 28 degrees

and they have branches and hides at both ends of the 1200 x 800 x 800 enclosure

Any suggestions would be appreciated, at the moment at night its dropping down to 16sh degrees as its been so cold at night?


Should i leave it on 24/7 or?

[Peterwookie]

I change my globes from sun glow heat lamp to a red globe for the night and just turn off the fluro light at night I have been told that I dont realy need to do it that it get's cold in the wild at night and they cope just fine but I am always worried that somthing could happen if there's no heat hope that helps

[Owzi]

I would consider leaving it on. 16deg sounds to cold to me. Even though temps in the lizards natural environment may get that low, often lizards find little micro climates (like between rocks) that stay warm overnight.

Or you could try getting a heat cord/mat just for nights to provide a slightly warmer spot after the basking lights go off?

That said, im no lizard expert. Had a pair of Central Beardys survive happily for 14 years with heat provided 24hrs.

[Whisper2]

i used to put a smallish rock and during the day it would get quite warm under their heat source so at night they could lay on it to keep warm. it was usually still warm in the mornings before their heat came on as well.
: )

[JasonL]

heat really isn't needed at night, though if you want hatchies to grow faster keep them heated, just keep the food up to them.