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Posted by Marissa on January 23, 2001 at 14:20:18:

In Reply to: Sorry girls, no flame war today. n/p posted by EJ on January 23, 2001 at 13:57:08:

Not to say that in the ideal setup, your information would certainly apply, and I am not paging back through this forum's posts. BUT, from the large amounts of private "help me" emails I consistently get on a weekly basis, I have come across mostly overheating situations that have been remedied by lowering temps or providing the right kind of enclosure with the temp range that you recommend. I have come across very few people that are underheating. I think that mainly especially with desert animals people ask the pet shop person what to do and they always recommend a UTH, a heat bulb, maybe a covered combo heat/UV cover, NEVER talk about soaking...so newbies I've worked with are always more inclined to overheat rather than underheat based on popular, if incorrect, information given to them by sources not very knowledgeable about each species. I currently use the temps in my indoor pen that you recommend, but then again, I can because my pen is setup properly and spacious enough that I don't have to worry about overheating. I think your temps are the correct range pretty much, but I think many people don't have the right enclosures to safely accommodate a temp range such as that.

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: Not to say that in the ideal setup, your information would certainly apply, and I am not paging back through this forum's posts. BUT, from the large amounts of private "help me" emails I consistently get on a weekly basis, I have come across mostly overheating situations that have been remedied by lowering temps or providing the right kind of enclosure with the temp range that you recommend. I have come across very few people that are underheating. I think that mainly especially with desert animals people ask the pet shop person what to do and they always recommend a UTH, a heat bulb, maybe a covered combo heat/UV cover, NEVER talk about soaking...so newbies I've worked with are always more inclined to overheat rather than underheat based on popular, if incorrect, information given to them by sources not very knowledgeable about each species. I currently use the temps in my indoor pen that you recommend, but then again, I can because my pen is setup properly and spacious enough that I don't have to worry about overheating. I think your temps are the correct range pretty much, but I think many people don't have the right enclosures to safely accommodate a temp range such as that.

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