Red heat bulb....
so after seeing my air/ambient temps in my terrarium consistently dropped to 19.4°C (67°F) I decided to take action and got myself two "infrared heating bulbs"
these seem to boost my air temps to about 78°F on the "start" of the cool side....and i think im pretty happy with that since it probably means that directly underneath it im touching the 90s....
in fact according to the analogical thermo/hygro im right in the 90s zone at roughly 10cm from the substrate surface....
now dont fear i have "re-tweaked" my heat mat thermostat so as not to grill my geckos and temp reading "on tile" are still in the 30-33°C area (86-91)...
these heat bulbs come on at 11 am till 3 pm (thought this would simulate the hotter times of day) and then on again from 9pm (lights off) to 9 am when my lights turn on again....
I realize there is no heat in nature that would warm things up like this in the middle of the night but im just not comfortable leaving them at 19.4 air temps (heat mat would/is still on, heating the tile to 23-24°C)....im aware in Pakistan air temps probably drop way below that at night, but then again they burmate in the wild if im not mistaken....
all this to tell you that this morning, before lights on and after having left the red lights on all night, they where both happily basking directly under the red lights.....
Roxanne seems a little more active as well, but that may be because she was up during the night.....
i tried feeding her as she was basking, and though she took an initial "spike of interest" when i dropped a small (really small) dubia in front of her, she didnt follow through with the hunt.... and snobbishly looked the other way after a while..... still i guess its a baby step forward....
I had also left 5 meal worms in a small plate for her that she didnt touch...when i dropped those five in front of calypso as he was sun bathing, he went at them the same way a chicken pecks the ground and ate them in less than two....
weight:
Roxanne: still at 23 Gr.
Calypso: 47 Gr
