Great ig!!Good job!!

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Posted by Flavia Guimaraes on June 03, 2002 at 22:26:30:

In Reply to: Iguanas and Basking Temperatures, Part two... posted by Annaka on June 03, 2002 at 02:14:35:

Dear Annaka

Great ig, great job!!

He looks very happy in such a green environment!!

How long is him? STL?

How old is him??

Flavia

Great:

: Remember my last post, when I climbed up on my garage roof, and measured the temperatures my Guy used for basking? (Hello to the other Guy out here, LOL) I got some very high temp readings, much higher than the generally recommended basking spot temps for a captive iguana. In fact, parts of the roof where he basks were so hot, I could not walk barefoot there...

: All these sites (plus many others) suggest a basking temperature around 95F
: http://www.icomm.ca/dragon/igcare.htm#temp
: http://www.greenigsociety.org/heatlighthumidity.htm
: http://www.anapsid.org/air_cond.html
: http://www.baskingspot.com/iguanas/igbook/housing.html

: Ever since, I've been wondering about an iguana's working Core Body Temperatures (CBT). I have no way of measuring the CBT directly, though externaly my sun-basking ig feels much hotter to the touch than 95F. I don't know how accurately my measurements reflect the CBT, but here goes...

: Four days in a row, I grabbed Guy and brought him indoors around 1:00 pm. To hopefully get his external and internal temps to equalise, I sat him on a sheet of styrofoam, covered him with 2-3 layers of towels, and let him sit for 15+ minutes. He calmed down and quickly fell asleep in the dark. I then put my digital thermometer under his belly, and took a reading. Afterwards, he could go out or stay in the house as he pleased. If he chose to stay in the house, I got a second temp reading, to see how much he cooled after an hour. Guy is around 18" SVL, and weighs 14.5 lb. Here are the results...

: First Reading
: 1)100F
: 2) 99F
: 3) 98F
: 4)101F

: Second reading,(room temp around 75F)
: 1)(walked out)
: 2)83F
: 3)(walked out)
: 4)88F

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: Dear Annaka : Great ig, great job!! : He looks very happy in such a green environment!! : How long is him? STL? : How old is him?? : Flavia : : Great: <Img src="http://gallery.kingsnake.com/data/529bigguy1b.jpg"> : : : Remember my last post, when I climbed up on my garage roof, and measured the temperatures my Guy used for basking? (Hello to the other Guy out here, LOL) I got some very high temp readings, much higher than the generally recommended basking spot temps for a captive iguana. In fact, parts of the roof where he basks were so hot, I could not walk barefoot there... : : All these sites (plus many others) suggest a basking temperature around 95F : : http://www.icomm.ca/dragon/igcare.htm#temp : : http://www.greenigsociety.org/heatlighthumidity.htm : : http://www.anapsid.org/air_cond.html : : http://www.baskingspot.com/iguanas/igbook/housing.html : : Ever since, I've been wondering about an iguana's working Core Body Temperatures (CBT). I have no way of measuring the CBT directly, though externaly my sun-basking ig feels much hotter to the touch than 95F. I don't know how accurately my measurements reflect the CBT, but here goes... : : Four days in a row, I grabbed Guy and brought him indoors around 1:00 pm. To hopefully get his external and internal temps to equalise, I sat him on a sheet of styrofoam, covered him with 2-3 layers of towels, and let him sit for 15+ minutes. He calmed down and quickly fell asleep in the dark. I then put my digital thermometer under his belly, and took a reading. Afterwards, he could go out or stay in the house as he pleased. If he chose to stay in the house, I got a second temp reading, to see how much he cooled after an hour. Guy is around 18" SVL, and weighs 14.5 lb. Here are the results... : : First Reading : : 1)100F : : 2) 99F : : 3) 98F : : 4)101F : : Second reading,(room temp around 75F) : : 1)(walked out) : : 2)83F : : 3)(walked out) : : 4)88F

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