Trial and Error

I ducked into the Reptile Store where Lizzy and Booster came from this afternoon on my way home from work.  I wanted to ask a few questions about how we have been going about looking after our Dragons.  I have been a little concerned that they have been appearing to only want to eat about every other day for example.

The main thing to come out of my visit was temperature.  I have read different things here and there, but, the main conclusion that I have come to is that 35C is about where I need to be under the heat lamp.  I have a MicroClimate B1 Thermostat connected to the lamp the regulates the power to the bulb based on a sensor probe.  From what I have learned today, I think I have had the sensor probe mounted too closely to the bulb and therefore the temperature has not been getting high enough.  I also have a digital thermometer that has two probes.  One probe I have mounted near to the heat bulb, the other at the other end of the enclosure.  In this way I can have a good idea of the heat gradient accross the tank.  Prior to moving the probe of the thermostat the temperature I was seeing at the warm end was about 31C.  I am now seeing over 33C next to the lamp.  So I believe that we are probably hitting the mark now.

As an indicator of this Booster was back head bobbing and hand waving this afternoon.

I tried getting some photos, the best of shown here.  They are not crash hot, but, I hope to get some better ones soon.