heat mat or ceramic lamp?

[xxcrystalxx]

What is the temperature of the room that the cage is in?

Are you aware that heat mats require a thermostat to regulate their temperature to safe levels, and a probed thermometer to monitor cage temperatures?

Heat mats only heat the surfaces of the cage they come in direct contact with. They do very little if anything for the air temperature in the cage. If the room the cage is in drops below 75 F a heat lamp will probably be necessary with or without a heat mat as well.

hi
sure i know what a thermostat/thermometer is.i own a chameleon.
my house is pretty warm.a normal day is around 21c/20c.in the winter my home drops to 18c.my chameleons basking spot is between 31c & 32c and i use a 40 watt spot bulb.so same temp as what a bp hot end should be
i use a dimming thermostat on my chams basking bulb so im all good with the understanding of them and i know that i need one.

thanks for asking and making sure i do know tho as many people assume others do when they dont xx