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#1466622
Lilninjabear
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Heat rock or no heat rock? 
i just caught a baby fence the other day. looked up all the info to care for him and got him all set up. i bought him a heat rock but a few places i read say not to use one, and some say to use one. can anyone give me a definitive answer?
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10/03/07 08:49pm
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#1468328
SoCalHoosier
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Message To: Lilninjabear In reference to Message Id: 1466622
Heat rock or no heat rock?
NO heat rock.
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10/05/07 01:03pm
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#1487939
Mattsass
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Message To: Lilninjabear In reference to Message Id: 1466622
Heat rock or no heat rock?
no do not get a heat rock they will burn your lizard
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10/23/07 06:01pm
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#1487992
AmBz
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Message To: Mattsass In reference to Message Id: 1487939
Heat rock or no heat rock?
Wht about a heating pad to put under the sand?
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10/23/07 06:32pm
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#1491674
Ameivaboy
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Message To: AmBz In reference to Message Id: 1487992
Heat rock or no heat rock?
you need a basking light, that is the most natural form of heat you can provide for your lizard, you should also get a temperature gun to measure the surface temp of its basking spot
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10/26/07 08:47pm
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#1498590
Drwhoo85
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Message To: AmBz In reference to Message Id: 1487992
Heat rock or no heat rock?
you should have a heating pad under the sand. I have mutiple cages, so I have heating tape running along the bottom as well as a UV bulb above the tanks. If you put their hide box on the sand above where the heating pad is, in the winter they will sort of burrow there and stay warm.
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11/02/07 10:16am
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#1498962
AmBz
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Message To: Drwhoo85 In reference to Message Id: 1498590
Heat rock or no heat rock?
what should the temp be on the surace/ basking spot??? right now i cant get mine any cooler than 89F it tht to hot? Also i HAD!!! the heat pad and uv light on at the same time and it reached to 120 on the sand!! is it ok it i turn on the heat pad at night? then turn if off in the morning? how long should the light be on for?? thats all for now.....................tune in next week jk
-AmBz
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11/02/07 05:50pm
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#1500636
Drwhoo85
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Message To: AmBz In reference to Message Id: 1498962
Heat rock or no heat rock?
How big a cage and how big of a heating pad do you have? I house each lizard individually in a 12x5x6 cage with 2in of sand. My heating tape only covers the back abour 4in of the tank and it stays on all the time. Also I have compact fluorescent light bulbs which I use that don’t give off heat like incadescent blubs, so that might be your problem there. If don’t feel like switching to a new blub (since I know these things can get expensive!), it’s a good idea to have the heating pad on just at night. And if the sand is still getting too hot during the day, I would suggest moving the light source farther away from the tank and having it on during normal daylight hours. Depending on where your fence lizards are from, I can’t really tell you a good temp to keep it at. Mine are from Virginia and it does get rather cool there, so the temp mine are at stays about 78-80 in the summer and in the fall and winter I cool it down to 68-70.
Hope that helps!
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11/04/07 08:16am
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Fishnchance
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Message To: Drwhoo85 In reference to Message Id: 1500636
 Heat rock or no heat rock?
i have 3 eastern fence lizards with a heat rock and there fine.
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02/19/08 08:04pm
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