Please everyone! Be aware that if you aren't reading your basking temperature with a temp gun then your not accurately measuring your basking temp. There is no way to measure it without one, even digital probes only tell you surrounding air temp. When keeping a basking species you MUST own a temp gun. Knowing your temps is vital to your animals life. Recommended tegu basking temps are 125-135f, with 115-125 for hatchlings.
Photo credit to Tyler Garcia. *photo is in the 1st comment* The top right photo shows a digital probe thermometer which is measuring the AIR temp. The other photos show various temps when measured with a temp gun on different surface types.
You can find temp guns as low as $15 and up to $100 at your local hardware store, radio shack, amazon online, ebay or even petstores that carry reptile supplies.
Photo credit to Tyler Garcia. *photo is in the 1st comment* The top right photo shows a digital probe thermometer which is measuring the AIR temp. The other photos show various temps when measured with a temp gun on different surface types.
You can find temp guns as low as $15 and up to $100 at your local hardware store, radio shack, amazon online, ebay or even petstores that carry reptile supplies.