Habitat - Indoor :: flexstone for Tuck?

[nene]

Okay, so I've been looking for something big enough for Tuck to bask on and was at walmart lastnight, and I found something called flexstone. Its the perfect size for Tuck, but I guess its made out of compressed rubber. First of all I was wondering if it would be toxic to Tuck, and second, do you think it will melt from his basking light? It seems strong enough that it won't melt, but I really don't know. Can anyone here give me some insight on this? Thanks!

[Undertoad]

Is this the stuff?

http://www.rubberdesigns.com/index.cfm? ... arentCat=1

[nene]

yeah, that it! So what do u think?

[rsour24]

i feel like it will give off a rly bad smell under the heat since its rubber

[SINI5T3R]

Yeah and it mite melt...basking area's can get to like 95-100 degrees EASY...and for long periods of time, it will ither melt it, or deform it...

[Undertoad]

The page there says it's made from recycled tires. I wouldn't think it would melt since people are using it for outdoor installations, but it might give off gasses or as rsour24 said, a smell.

[n00bEmpty]

If it's made for outdoor uses and from recycled tires then I think it'll be able to handle being under a basking light as long as it doesn't pass 100'F. Tires get pretty hot and outdoors then temperatures can hit ~100 in certain places. But if I were you, I would put that thing in boiling water just to see what happens. If it lastes for 10 minutes then it can handle half the temperature your basking lamp(s) will put out. Boiling water = 212'F/100'C, basking temperatures = 90'F/32'C

[RR38]

I would worry more about any chemicals it might give off.

[Outlander]

Like RR38, I would also worry about what chemicals it may leach out from being wet/hot all the time.