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#274022
Herpkid14
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24 hour lighting 
i would like to hear more about it i just started to do it with my new argus and will he still sleep in a lit cage because its 9 pm and hes still awake and my other herps go to sleep at 7pm
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03/14/05 12:23am
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#274031
KAP10CAVY
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Message To: Herpkid14 In reference to Message Id: 274022
24 hour lighting
I use 24/7 lighting because it gives the critter the option to bask when it wants to. It also keeps the temps constant, no waiting for heat in the morning. As for an argus, I am sure you are learning like I am that they are almost always up digging and looking for food.
I have yet to find a way to put the waterbowl where it won’t be filled with mud in a few hours. But Man , aint they fun?Scott
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03/14/05 12:38am
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#274244
Herpkid14
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Message To: KAP10CAVY In reference to Message Id: 274031
24 hour lighting
yeah i got a big boy hes about 5 foot and 19 pounds and as tame as they come argus males are big bulfers mine will hiss every time i open his cage same with the big guy were i work but the females are a bit naghty they try to jump out of the cage when its open i got bit by a 3 foot female at work last week one of my friends has the same problom with his female to has any one else had this prolbem with females
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03/14/05 11:09am
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Nilelizard
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Message To: Herpkid14 In reference to Message Id: 274244
 24 hour lighting
Hi,
I don’t like to start arguments so if 1 starts I will not continue with this post. You should not give your lizard more than 12 hours of light a day. They do not have 24 hours of light in the wild so why should they in captivity? If it is heat and basking you are worried about i would get a infared night light. It will produce heat without distirbing the sleep pattern of your monitor. Again this is just my opinion from years of experience and studying. Mike
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03/25/05 09:58am
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#286355
Herpkid14
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Message To: Nilelizard In reference to Message Id: 286224
24 hour lighting
the 24hour lighting donsnt distirb sleep for the most part hes still sleeps all night he some times sleeps under there lights durning the day they can just close there eyes or hide so iam not 2 worried about it i have 2 montiors that run 24 hour basking and havnt had a prolbem yet
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03/25/05 12:55pm
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#286970
SHvar
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Message To: Herpkid14 In reference to Message Id: 274022
Every animal pictured here..
Are kept under 24/7 basking lights. The idea is that the animals have options with 24/7 lighting, after all if kept properly they have burrows, hides, etc. Why do you think they have eyelids? They can close their eyes to sleep, light doesnt disturb any cycles, heat is what they respond to, they are ectotherms, not phototherms.my reptiles.
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03/26/05 12:19am
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#287006
Kling
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Message To: SHvar In reference to Message Id: 286970
 Every animal pictured here..
I run a 24/7 baskint temp on my basilisks nile monitor and my tegu i have hides for them and my tegu and my nile have barrows they go in there all night or part og the night Right now my nile in sleeping under the basking spot
runing a 24-7 basking temp is the best for your monitors
Neil
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03/26/05 12:49am
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