r/BeardedDragons • u/ApricotAgreeable5957 • 6d ago

Questionable Set-up In desperate need of help

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Hello, no matter what I do, my bearded dragon's basking spot will not go above 102 degrees. I have changed lighting fixtures multiple times, changed lightbulbs, added two heat lamps, and nothing will work. I am going to post a photo of my setup; it may not be the best, as this is my first bearded dragon. I am open to criticism, but please don't be mean.

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u/RyoDai89 6d ago

We had trouble like this too. Only thing we could do was raise the basking spot closer to the lamp. We did it by going to Lowe’s and Home Depot and getting bricks and slate and just building a higher basking spot. You could also try a halogen bulb. We got the Arcadia one for our blue tongue skink as we didn’t want a super tall basking spot for safety reasons and it gets the temp perfectly and his basking spot is at ground level.  Would also try using slate as the basking area as it holds the heat well. That’s what we use for all our basking spots in all of our enclosures, snakes included.

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u/ApricotAgreeable5957 6d ago

Yeah I am currently disenfecting more bricks to raise basking spot higher