Thanks Hilde... I have one... but for decoration
purposes only... he loves to lay on it to get away
from the heat mat! *smile*
--- Hilde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Laura Ricketts wrote:
> >
> > I have had friends, quite a few, that have used
> heat
> > rocks and NEVER had a problem with them (not that
> I am
> > doubting any of you... remember "devil's advocate"
> > here!) and swear by them.... they've used them for
> > years!
>
>
> Way back in the beginning of time when I first kept
> geckos and anoles, I had
> heat rocks. UTH's were available in the big towns
> but hadn't made it to where I
> was living. For about 3 years I had happy geckos and
> anoles basking under lights
> and warming their tummies on heat rocks. Never got
> any viable eggs, just duds.
> Some of the critters couldn't walk on glass very
> well after a while, so I
> started looking into the possible reasons. None of
> the info I found for not
> clinging to glass applied to my geckos. Finally, one
> day I noticed one trying to
> climb the front glass, and saw the skin on this feet
> was grey and even black, as
> if it was scorched. When I checked a couple of
> others, they were the same. It
> finally hit me..... they were burning their feet on
> the rocks. That same day as
> luck would have it, I read the first of many
> articles that mentioned burns from
> hot rocks. That same day I removed every heat rock
> in my tanks and never looked
> back. Once UTH's became available, I used them and
> have had no problems
> whatsoever.
>
> Not every heat rock will burn toes, tails, and
> houses. Then again, not every
> Firestone tire fell apart either. It's just better
> to be safe than sorry.
>
> In case anyone wants to know what to do with 12 heat
> rocks.... cut the cords
> off, silicone them into the most interesting cliffs
> and rock piles. They hold
> heat well enough from basking lights to add a warmer
> micro climate for cliff
> dwelling geckos.
>
>
> Hilde
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