Slate under heat lamp in enclosure
Hello, as the title states I’m looking to put slate in my mature bearded dragon enclosure. I was planning on putting slate in as a flooring and have excavator clay in between as I feel she would enjoy it a lot. The issue is I’m worried that the slate will get very and possibly dangerously hot under her heat lamp that she uses for basking. I was after a natural look and a good thing for her to wear down her claws on but I’m worried she could burn herself on the hot slate. Any advice or information?
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EldritchPreacher
Hello, as the title states I’m looking to put slate in my mature bearded dragon enclosure. I was planning on putting slate in as a flooring and have excavator clay in between as I feel she would enjoy it a lot. The issue is I’m worried that the slate will get very and possibly dangerously hot under her heat lamp that she uses for basking. I was after a natural look and a good thing for her to wear down her claws on but I’m worried she could burn herself on the hot slate. Any advice or information?
All heat sources should be regulated by a thermostat. Using a thermostat will completely eliminate any risk of the slate getting too hot.
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Where would I put the thermostat for the enclosure?
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Where would I put the thermostat for the enclosure?
The thermostat goes outside the enclosure. Then your heat source is plugged into the thermostat. Then you set the desired temp.
The thermostat also has a probe that goes inside the enclosure. This measures the temps and tells the tstat to heat up/cool down accordingly.
I'm not exactly sure the best spot for the probe, I only keep snakes and wouldn't want to steer you in the wrong direction.
Then you'll want to use a IR temp gun to check and fine tune temps.
I don't want to give any beardie specific advice, but thats basically how the tstat works and is set up.
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I have one for my scorpion and one for my bp but it would be the first time I’ve ever dont anything with slate or something like that
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I have one for my scorpion and one for my bp but it would be the first time I’ve ever dont anything with slate or something like that
Ah, ok. Sorry bout the explanation then, hahhaha.
I'll let someone with beardie experience help you out though. I don't want to give you bad advice.
Sorry i couldn't help. Good luck!
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You’re fine haha, I really do appreciate the help :) everyone has been extremely kind on here
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You’re fine haha, I really do appreciate the help :) everyone has been extremely kind on here
Happy to have (tried to) help , hahhaha.
We've got a great community here. I'm sure someone will be along soon. Not as much beardie traffic as snakes, but we've got some great beardie/lizard keepers here too.