Veiled not basking

[JaclynCali]

So recently I discovered that the 75w halogen bulb I was using was too hot for my veiled (causing a burn on his back spikes). So I changed his bulb to a 60w incandescent sun glo bulb. The temp stays around 85. After changing this I noticed he isn't basking at all. I just reached in his cage and touched him to feel how cold/warm he was and his skin is COLD. Not to mention I just sprayed him and he always basks right afterwards but he's not. Can someone please give me some advice? I am lost.

 

[Carlton]

So recently I discovered that the 75w halogen bulb I was using was too hot for my veiled (causing a burn on his back spikes). So I changed his bulb to a 60w sun glo. The temp stays around 85. After changing this I noticed he isn't basking at all. I just reached in his cage and touched him to feel how cold/warm he was and his skin is COLD. Not to mention I just sprayed him and he always basks right afterwards but he's not. Can someone please give me some advice? I am lost.

When you, a warm-blooded mammal with a body temp of 98.6 touches a cham, their body will feel cold because they are not a mammal with a body temp that high. This isn't really telling you anything useful.

The best way to determine his actual body temp is with a non-contact temp gun (you can get them at herp supply places and they are fantastic tools). If he's not crouched somewhere dark and unmoving, and he's eating and drinking normally, he's probably feeling OK temperature-wise right where he is. Measuring cage temps in the right spots really matters. If you are measuring the temp right under the bulb at his basking perch the thermometer won't give you an accurate reading for anywhere else in the cage. Depending on what type of thermometer you are using, it is probably measuring the air temp immediately around itself only. If his general cage temp outside the basking spot is reading 85, that's pretty warm. Try moving the basking spot farther away from the cage and see what he does, or move your thermometer to different spots.

Really, these temp guns are fantastic. They aren't expensive and you can spot check the surface temp of anything you want at any time to within 1 or 2 degrees.

 

[JaclynCali]

The reason I thought it was weird that he was so cold is because he's always warm to the touch (my hands are always freezing cold). But I understand and agree with what you said

I have a thermo/hydro meter outside of his cage telling me that the ambient temp is 68 degrees. I have another one that I place under his basking and that tells me 85. Then there's one away from the basking light, and that one reads 76. I also forgot to add that he's been sitting under the uvb light most of the day.