Quote Originally Posted by mzajmyers View Post
Ok I will do that; Thank you so much. Why did the lady at the store give me a red bulb for at night that burns hotter than the white one then? Should I be having the red one on during the day and the white one on at night? Is there a better way to be sure he is warm without using a light; our house is old and drafty. Even four hours without a light I saw his temp on the weekend go down to 70 once which is why I went and bought the additional light. ---He hasn't eaten in 3 days he has been buried in the dirt and I was scared to bother him.
Wattage has a lot to do with it. You need a lamp that has a dimmer switch. The bulb wattage should be no less than 25 watts and no more than 50 watts for day and night bulbs. You can use the red one for day and night if needs be. The reason you buy a lamp with a dimmer switch is so you can adjust the amount of light and heat coming from the bulb. This way if you don't need the bulb up to full strength to produce the amount of heat needed then you don't have too. Do you have a Under Tank Heater (UTH)? you need one of these to help keep the tank warm because they need a constant heat source. DO NOT! place the UTH on the bottom of the tank despite the name of the heater being "under tank" these as you know are burrowing frogs and can easily be burned or overheated if they burrow over the heater if its placed on the bottom. What is the wattage of your bulbs?