BLUE TONGUE SKINKS

I have been reading over the caresheet. It says that the lamp will generally keep the temp at the right level. Bu what I am confused about is the uv. Are there light bulbs that are uv and keep the temp right? Or would I have to get two lamps, one with the uv bulb and the other for heat?

I have one UV bulb and one heat light which is over his basking rock.

Phantom wrote:I have been reading over the caresheet. It says that the lamp will generally keep the temp at the right level. Bu what I am confused about is the uv. Are there light bulbs that are uv and keep the temp right? Or would I have to get two lamps, one with the uv bulb and the other for heat?

Most likely you'll need two separate bulbs, one for UVB and one for heat. The Repti Glo 10.0 are good for UVB and then a floodlight like light work well to generate heat. It helps to have a temperature gun to see what kind of temps are hitting different areas.

The MegaRay UVB's do produce a decent amount of heat and one of those is all I use for my bearded dragon. They tend to be a bit more expensive.

Make sure you take them outside a lot so they can get the real thing.

Steve

So i should get a heat bulb to go over his basking area and a uvb on the cool side? Where would I put the uv bulb?

I tend to put the heat bulb and uvb right next to each other because that's where my bluey hangs out the most. I don't have a UVB on all my blueys though. I only use UVB on my Indo (I use to use it on my Keis before I built my outddor pit) because all my other guys get an average of an hour or so outside a day durning the warm months and sleep the winter months away.

Also, don't be fooled by any bulbs that claim to heat AND do UV from the same bulb. Unless it's a mercury vapor bulb, but that's another story.

KW