Very handsome boy there.

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Posted by Linda on April 23, 2002 at 08:45:16:

In Reply to: Iguanas and Basking Temperatures posted by Annaka on April 21, 2002 at 23:24:27:

: Guy free roams.

: Generealy, he either hangs out in the tree, or basks on our garage roof. He does not roam much, and comes in the house when he gets hungry.

: I was watching him on the garage today... It's a peaked roof, one side gets full-on sunlight, one side gets very angled sunlight, and there is a tree shadow on one corner. Guy spent the majority of his time lying on the angled-sunlight part. Every once in a while, he would crawl onto the hot side and bask for 10-15 minutes. Occasionaly he sat in the shade, spending 15-20 minutes there, cooling down more often in the mid-day, when it was hot.

: Just for fun, I climbed up there with a thermometer, to see what kind of temperatures he was using.
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: Air temp was 84-86F.
: I could not walk on the hot side barefoot, 135+ F temp.
: The angled sunlight side was at 96F.
: The shade temps were 84-88F.

: This was in mid-day, between 12:00 and 1:00 pm.
: He chose to use those temps, and could leave the garage roof anytime he wanted. Something to think about...

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: : Guy free roams. : : Generealy, he either hangs out in the tree, or basks on our garage roof. He does not roam much, and comes in the house when he gets hungry. : : I was watching him on the garage today... It's a peaked roof, one side gets full-on sunlight, one side gets very angled sunlight, and there is a tree shadow on one corner. Guy spent the majority of his time lying on the angled-sunlight part. Every once in a while, he would crawl onto the hot side and bask for 10-15 minutes. Occasionaly he sat in the shade, spending 15-20 minutes there, cooling down more often in the mid-day, when it was hot. : : Just for fun, I climbed up there with a thermometer, to see what kind of temperatures he was using. : : : : Air temp was 84-86F. : : I could not walk on the hot side barefoot, 135+ F temp. : : The angled sunlight side was at 96F. : : The shade temps were 84-88F. : : This was in mid-day, between 12:00 and 1:00 pm. : : He chose to use those temps, and could leave the garage roof anytime he wanted. Something to think about...

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