Positioning bulbs

[amazoncat]

This is going to sound like a really stupid question but I know how important this is so I want to make sure I'm getting it right.

Where should you put a light bulb in a viv housing arboreal geckos. Do they need to go outside of the viv (sat on a mesh top like the top of an exo terra) or is it alright to put them inside the viv as long as they are properly guarded?

The reason I ask is because I can't see that a gecko climbing on to the roof of an exo terra with a lamp sat on top of it is any further away than a gecko climbing onto a bulb guard inside the viv.

I hope I've made the question clear and that you'll be able to help lots.

Thanks,

Cat x

[The_Chosen_One]

I personally put them on top rather than inside but you're right that there's not really a difference but I prefer it outside so as not to waste space inside and I have tried them inside before and just didn't like the look of it also I found fake plants to fall and be partially inside the guard this was obviously dangerous so was straight out.
hope this helps

[amazoncat]

Thanks, I hadn't thought about the plants actually - but that's a really good point.

I think I'm going to have to put them inside this viv stack I'm probably going to be building so if they can't go inside I'm going to have to rethink.

[The_Chosen_One]

But if we're talking wooden vivs oppose to exo terras then inside but I just keep plants away a bit, either that or fix the plants on to the viv walls(not for me though)