Home for hatchling?

[critterguy]

Rat claws causing Mouth Rot/Stomatitis, well l guess you learn something new everyday in future l will trim all their claws off so l never get this condition thanks for the tip. solar 17 ~B~

Just got unlucky, hasn't since happened and yeah they could get it from the prey they eat, not just the organisms they normally have in their system.

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A variety of organisms have been associated with stomatitis, such as Aeromonas aerogenes, A. aerophila, A. hydrophila, Citrobacter freundii, Proteus sp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa and P. fluorescens, Staphylococcus sp., and Streptococcus. Other bacteria, such as Mycobacterium chelonie and the anaerobic Clostridium sp., have also been found in these lesions and exudates.[/FONT]​

Ulcerative Stomatitis (Mouthrot) in Reptiles
[h=3]Causes[/h]
Improper temperature gradients or humidity levels within the terrarium can lead to a poorly functioning immune system and mouth rot. In some cases, an improper diet, or oral injuries that result from a reptile attempting to restrain live prey, rubbing against cage walls, or chewing on bedding material can also play a role
Oral Inflammation (Mouth Rot) in Reptiles | petMD

Though the prey wasn't live, but we are getting too far away from the original subject, a few people have recommended a 7 or 15 watt and place it under 1/3 of the enclosure, so I'd go with that instead of the getting the 5 watt and then moving up to a larger one later on.

 

[Lawra]

Don't take this personally @critterguy, but I think it is important to wrap this topic up as it is actually related to the thread.

As the info you quoted clearly states, oral injuries play a role in (aggravating) stomatitis but it ultimately is the improper husbandry which cause it.

This thread topic asked about heating and I believe @solar17 has given sound advice. If you perceived it in any negative manner it is perhaps because heating for reptiles is fairly straight forward and it's frustrating when people who are wrong give advice when they should perhaps acknowledge that they are wrong and say thank you rather than having a hissy fit.