HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I'm looking for a clamp to hold my heat lamp like in the picture below. Can anyone tell me where I could find one? I tried looking at the store but to no avail.

The clamp on the lamp shown in the picture comes with that specific lamp. It's a Fluker's clamp lamp, I have four of them. I'm not sure you can get clamps just like that without getting one of the lamps. You might be able to find something similar at a hardware or home improvement store, but I don't know for sure.

I think you can get the base at Home Depot. For sure you can order them online, but I think it costs as much as one that comes with a lamp.

Try local classifieds. You can probably grab a used lamp for under $5 and just use the clamp with your lamp that you know is good.

I needed a base for one a couple months ago (came without one from an adoption) and asked the local mom & pop and they handed me one from under their counter for free. They had no need for it!

wodesorel wrote:I think you can get the base at Home Depot. For sure you can order them online, but I think it costs as much as one that comes with a lamp.

Try local classifieds. You can probably grab a used lamp for under $5 and just use the clamp with your lamp that you know is good.

I needed a base for one a couple months ago (came without one from an adoption) and asked the local mom & pop and they handed me one from under their counter for free. They had no need for it!

http://www.petmountain.com/product/rept ... oC0I_w_wcB

Does this come with a clamp? It looks like it does, but I'm not entirely sure.

I can't say for sure if that link also provides the clamp, but I've definitely been able to get my ceramic sockets (which come with clamps) from Home Depot. It's normally recommended (by a tortoise forum) not to use clamps since clamps can fail and cause major damage to the enclosure and animal(s). So, I tend to toss my clamps instead :/

That's a good point, nepenthes! I didn't think of it before, but we had someone on my hedgehog forum who had a similar incident. Clamp loosened & the lamp fell into the cage with her hedgehog. Luckily hedgie wasn't hurt, but I think the lamp melted a bit of the wheel. I only use the clamps on my lamps to hold them in place, but the lamps are placed flat on the wire top of my enclosure.

Screws! I always hook my clamps around a screw or two so even if it loosens - and it really shouldn't unless it's constantly moved - it can't fall.