Martellone
Member
Good morning and happy new year to all.
A few weeks ago I adopted a leopard gecko.
For heating the enclosure I opted for a ceramic heat lamp instead of a heat mat. Although I manage to obtain the ideal temperature gradient, 30-32 degrees on the warm side, 26 central part 22-24 cold side, I have a problem with the warm hide during the day.. before it was made of wood, now in stone but the problem persists. On the roof of the hide, directly under the lamp I have the perfect temperature that I set with the thermostat, 30-32°C degrees, but in the hide it always remains between 25-26,5, below the minimum of 28 recommended.
In the morning and sometimes at sunset I noticed that it climbs and stay onto the roof to bask.. in your experience is this fine, that it regulates the temperatures or is it better to add a heat mat under the hide to reach 30 degrees in that too?
I tried to put the thermostat probe in the hide to bring it to 28-29°C but then above the roof the temperature reached 40 degrees and I don't think that's good.
A few weeks ago I adopted a leopard gecko.
For heating the enclosure I opted for a ceramic heat lamp instead of a heat mat. Although I manage to obtain the ideal temperature gradient, 30-32 degrees on the warm side, 26 central part 22-24 cold side, I have a problem with the warm hide during the day.. before it was made of wood, now in stone but the problem persists. On the roof of the hide, directly under the lamp I have the perfect temperature that I set with the thermostat, 30-32°C degrees, but in the hide it always remains between 25-26,5, below the minimum of 28 recommended.
In the morning and sometimes at sunset I noticed that it climbs and stay onto the roof to bask.. in your experience is this fine, that it regulates the temperatures or is it better to add a heat mat under the hide to reach 30 degrees in that too?
I tried to put the thermostat probe in the hide to bring it to 28-29°C but then above the roof the temperature reached 40 degrees and I don't think that's good.
