I'm sorry to bring up the hot rocks thing again, but the issue of _why_
lizards allow themselves to get burned on hot rocks has really stymied me.
I thought they might fall asleep and get burned while they're asleep, which
might be possible. Phillipe de Vosjoli et. al. suggest in "The Leopard
Gecko Manual" that using _only_ a hot rock to heat a cage causes an
unnatural temperature gradient where only the small area of the hot rock is
warm and the rest of the cage is cool, so the lizard is forced to spend a
lot of time on the hot rock to maintain an acceptable body temperature. I
would imagine as well that burns can be cumulative, only done a little at a
time. It also says that there are other problems with hot rocks that have
already been discussed.
It is very nice to find this answer to my question.
Steve
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