I got a new UV bulb last night. It was the Exo Terra 125watt Solor Glo Mercury vapor bulb. After I got it I did read that it's not that great with UVB compared to say, the zoomed's version. However, I guess tegus don't live in a place where the constantly get strong direct sunlight, since they are rain forest dweller?
Anyways, What do you guys think of this bulb? Does it make them more energetic? The past few days he just roamed around for an hour or so and ate and went back. Today he's also roaming around and ate, but he's really energetic, looking for many ways to escape. He did do this once a few days ago, but that was the only day and he stopped doing that the last few days, until today. I'm not sure if it's just a coincident that he decided to be hyper again today, or is it because of the new light bulb. So any feedback would be appreciated! .. EDIT.. while I'm typing this, I can see in the camera a new behavior.. he's wagging or wiggling his tale for like 30 seconds... I have never seen that before... any thoughts?
Just for some info, I've got a 5ftx2ftx2ft home made wood tank, sealed top, on one end is a ceramic heat emmiter on the top and also the new bulb. This end is his basking spot(about 110F surface temp with temp gun) the other end has no light or heat, it's the cool end. ambient temp is about 80-85F, but the very coolest spot in the cage can get to 75F. There's also close to a foot of soil/sand mix, he digs a tunnel under a slap of wide brick. The tunnel is where he spends about 22 hours each day. Yes I only get to see him for 2 hours a day!
Damn!! I thought I'd film this active day of his but as soon as he saw me he froze and darted back in his hole... there goes the highlight of my day.. now I gotta wait for another 23 hours before I see him again...
I love this tegu, but I'm starting to dislike how he's underground 22 hours a day
oh.. write after I posted this, he came right back out and started exploring again.. this never happened before, usually he's stay in there for at least an hour before coming out for a short walk, but this time he came out right after I left.
Anyways, What do you guys think of this bulb? Does it make them more energetic? The past few days he just roamed around for an hour or so and ate and went back. Today he's also roaming around and ate, but he's really energetic, looking for many ways to escape. He did do this once a few days ago, but that was the only day and he stopped doing that the last few days, until today. I'm not sure if it's just a coincident that he decided to be hyper again today, or is it because of the new light bulb. So any feedback would be appreciated! .. EDIT.. while I'm typing this, I can see in the camera a new behavior.. he's wagging or wiggling his tale for like 30 seconds... I have never seen that before... any thoughts?
Just for some info, I've got a 5ftx2ftx2ft home made wood tank, sealed top, on one end is a ceramic heat emmiter on the top and also the new bulb. This end is his basking spot(about 110F surface temp with temp gun) the other end has no light or heat, it's the cool end. ambient temp is about 80-85F, but the very coolest spot in the cage can get to 75F. There's also close to a foot of soil/sand mix, he digs a tunnel under a slap of wide brick. The tunnel is where he spends about 22 hours each day. Yes I only get to see him for 2 hours a day!
Damn!! I thought I'd film this active day of his but as soon as he saw me he froze and darted back in his hole... there goes the highlight of my day.. now I gotta wait for another 23 hours before I see him again...
I love this tegu, but I'm starting to dislike how he's underground 22 hours a day
oh.. write after I posted this, he came right back out and started exploring again.. this never happened before, usually he's stay in there for at least an hour before coming out for a short walk, but this time he came out right after I left.
