Horned frog care sheet

[monster]

The part about heat matts being no good on the side is not exactly correct and its not a hard a problem to solve. You build 3 walls like as if it was on the table and the problems solved. Takes 5 mins to do, and by doing it this way you are also covering the 3 sides so he cant see out. And I will be honest my frogs never stay right against the glass, they are actually more on the cooler end of the tank during the day which sits at 79F and the warm end is 82f. If and when they burrow on the warm side its never right against were the matt is either and they are only there a few days before moving back to the other side. Both my tanks are kept the same and my frogs are nice and healthy eat and poop on regular basis.

[jasonm96]

having 3 heat mats is not really ideal and linked to one thermostat not such a good idea. the thermostat probe would need to be next to the glass to make sure the glass does not get too hot, if one mat would fail then the glass of one side (where the thermostat probe is not at) could go extremely hot and possibly burn the frog if it were to lean on the glass. there also might be a risk of the glass cracking if sprayed directly because of the change in temperature but this has never happened to me but i personally wouldn't risk it on my exo terra tank. naturally, heat comes from the sun and therefore downwards so most animals will be used to that.

[monster]

OH my lord I just sat here typing a whole answer to you and it tried to tell me I wasn't logged in when I was and now its gone. I didn't say I used 3 heat matts I said to build 3 walls around the outside to hold in the heat almost acting as if it was on the bottom. I have a infrared gun and at full capacity that glass were the matt is reaches about 88f so I don't think any frogs are getting burned on there. I also have sprayed the glass directly were the matt is and nothing ever happens, I actually tested it out one night on full and nothing. I took the frog out don't worry and if it broke I didn't really care because that would be a great excuse to buy another tank. I personally think this part of the husbandry is really what the keeper prefers. The one thing I will point out about the matts is you always want to go up one size from what your tank is when placing on the side. Im not trying to say your wrong or start an argument I just think that both ways can be an efficient way of heating your tank. Well that and you asked for opinions so I thought I would share mine. And one more thing if you are going to use this and want others to use it as a care guide you may want to be a little more specific about the temps. Mid to high Celsius during the day then let it drop into the lower Celsius at night I imagine a lot of people will be a little confused to what exact temp they should have. From what I understand and again im just sharing the knowledge I have learned because you asked for opinions is around 82f during the day is ideal and an adult can stay in temps in a range of 85f but the 82f mark would be better even for the adult. Night temps can go to around 75f but around the 77f would be a more ideal temp. This part was actually recommended by my exotic vet, but I have read it in other places also.

[jasonm96]

i hate it when that happens haha! aw good, i was like 'seriously? 3 mats?' i'll have to look into that further but i'll probably use a spare tank and stick with the heat lamp for the frog. i do favor a heat lamp as it raises the ambient temperature of the tank. thanks for pointing that out day time temperatures in fahrenheit would be 78f to 84f with night time temperatures allowed to drop no lower than 70f. thanks for your feedback cory, i do want to make an accurate care sheet (as pet stores are usually ****) and you're helping me do that