Hi I have a African Mail Uromastyx 3 years old She is in a 50 gallon with a nice cave

Question

I also have a underneath heater along with a daytime 100 lamp and UV light. I have her dwelling cave directly over the underneath heater. Do they like this or should I place her sleeping cave in a cooler area?? Thanks

Answer 1

Generally urmastyx like very high heat... if you only have the one hide, keep it over the heat pad.  I would suggest buying a second hide to put on the cooler side so that your uro can pick and choose where it would like to lay (although I imagine that it would spend the bulk of it's time on the warm side of the tank).  It is important to have multiple hides available as they moderate their body temperatures by their environments, but feel most secure in a hide... so if there's only one they will on occasion risk their health for sake of the safety of remaining under the hide.

Hopoe that helps.