Is this appropriate to use for anole lizards that need to keep warm? My son has a heat lamp, but we don't keep our house at lizard temp -new pet owner
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Hope this link will work for u http://m.wikihow.com/Care-for-Green-Anole-Lizards
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It is made for chameloens who need the fresh air, and heat, and moisture. It is a difficult thing to accomplish in your home. Chameleons cannot have glass cages because they can sprain their tongue if it sticks to the glass and eventually die because they cant catch food. A heat lamp and UVB should be enough fo most homes, the critter will climb up to it when he needs the heat.
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If you use a thermostat with it... Or a lamp dimmer switch... These get pretty hot..like over 100..which is really to hot for even reptiles...lamp dimmers are about $15 at lowes or Home Depot & u just plug it into that
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Yes, we use it to power heat lamps and lights for our bearded dragon. It turns off at 8 p.m. and comes back on at 7:30 a.m. every day.
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Zoo med, however the cage won't retain much heat if any at all. There is so much ventilation it's almost useless to use a pad. If your reptile needs heat consider bulbs emitting Heat rays downward...
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Well I don't use it as a reptile heater...I use it to heat medical tubing for a BiPAP machine to treat sleep apnea. It gets hot enough to burn/blister my skin through a tee shirt. It also melted my tubing. Get a good rheostat if you buy one.
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I have a 40 breeder tank for my beared dragon. the spot lamp bulb for fouced heat was a 100 watt an i have try 75 watt bulbs. The heat zone is to high an the basking area is still to low. my lizard would be at temps of 83 degrees. impatction could happen. You could try buying a lamp stan to ajust the bulb over 12 inches above the steel mesh. maybe that might work. how ever theses bulbs will make a slightly little drop in temps on the cool side. this is a good thing by the way an you could get the more correct temp best suited for the reptile. this happens cause the heat is channel or beam wile other UVA bulbs scatter heat an wich up's the tanks cool end by some degrees.. I have a 40 breeder tank for my beared dragon. the spot lamp bulb for fouced heat was a 100 watt an i have try 75 watt bulbs. The heat zone is to high an the basking area is still to low. my lizard would be at temps of 83 degrees. impatction could happen. You could try buying a lamp stan to ajust the bulb over 12 inches above the steel mesh. maybe that might work. how ever theses bulbs will make a slightly little drop in temps on the cool side. this is a good thing by the way an you could get the more correct temp best suited for the reptile. this happens cause the heat is channel or beam... » Read More I have a 40 breeder tank for my beared dragon. the spot lamp bulb for fouced heat was a 100 watt an i have try 75 watt bulbs. The heat zone is to high an the basking area is still to low. my lizard would be at temps of 83 degrees. impatction could happen. You could try buying a lamp stan to ajust the bulb over 12 inches above the steel mesh. maybe that might work. how ever theses bulbs will make a slightly little drop in temps on the cool side. this is a good thing by the way an you could get the more correct temp best suited for the reptile. this happens cause the heat is channel or beam wile other UVA bulbs scatter heat an wich up's the tanks cool end by some degrees.. « Show Less
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Hello KC' you would want to use light source to help maintain the necessary temperature is required for the species of mantis you have. ExoTerra make a small light hood that fits these glass terrariums & you can choose a wide variety of different light spectrum bulbs everything from early morning to midnight. You would want to give 16 to 18 hours of daylight & and at night either use a moonlight/black light bulb as a heat source or I use a heat pad that the terrarium would sit on top of & be on a time with a controller. Good Luck & Cheers' http://www.youtube.com/user/2011OrchidIan Daytime Light Hood ~
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It is for florescent bulbs which do not emit much heat. It is good for bulbs that emit UVB which a lot of reptiles need.
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I would think that would be way too much heat for a 30 gallon. I have a water dragon and I actually don't even use a heat source at night. The cooling off at night to room temperature (70F plus) aids in their digestion. I'd do some research and see if it's the same for beardies...sorry cant recall and my phone battery is nearly dead! :)
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My dog loves this bed, I checked the warmth of it when she got up after two hours of sleeping on it. It was only slightly warm from her body heat, but not hot. I do believe that either way it would keep your pet comfortable being just warm enough and just cool enough. We are so happy with the bed that we bought two more of them to have in various spots in our house. Hope this helps you.
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No,you will need a domed lamp,you can get them on line for around $8,the heat emiter gets HOT,the heats is directed by the dome,any pet supply usually has them,use a thermometer to watch the temp your aiming it at,they are designed for reptiles
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If you want to use an external you should use one similar to the ones used for reptiles. If I remember correctly for this heater the instruction say you have to use it in water or it will melt.
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Not bad at all.. not like my dome heat lamps..it warms up but mine has never gotten very hot.. my cat likes it..lol.
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Hello, I'm not sure what species you're keeping, but I'm assuming you'll need at least one incandescent bulb for heat. CFs don't put out nearly as much heat as incandescent bulbs do. But, you do need a CF bulb for proper UVB radiation. Additionally, if I am not mistaken, the fixtures you are discussing are listed at 25w, which won't be enough for your incandescent heat bulb (for example, I use a 40w incandescent in one of my tanks and a 60w in another.) The best bet is to research what your species's needs are and carefully design and test your habitat. Good luck.
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I was thinking the same thing. I am thinking about buying a reptile light they make uvb
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i think it would be fine, theyre not are not too hot and and depending on the temperature require of the reptile or amphibian you can always double or triple up, i have a set up where during the day i run 3 of them with a UVB bulb to get the correct temperature and sunlight vitamins and at night i just turn the UVB and and one sunglo off and they give off a soft enough light to use asa night time setting and a nighttime temp without dropping too low
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Probably only if they're sitting underneath it. It'll really only heat a small space. I use it to keep the contents of a 55-gallon drum above freezing, but I think it's really only designed to heat a lizard tank. I'd think even a small room would be too much space for it to keep up with. For a cat room you'd be better off looking at an oil-filled radiant heater or equivalent.