Lil Birdie23
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- Addison, Maine
Hello Everyone,
I got my new leopard gecko a little over a couple of weeks ago. His name is Gaze. I picked the name because he loves to stare and it is unisex. I call him a boy though. Anyways, I have been using reptile carpet and he sometimes (most of the time) bites the carpet when he attacks his food. I think he will grow out of it, but I also read that they can get their toes stuck in it too. I am thinking about switching to tiles or vinyl. I know it will be more realistic (tile), but I am just worried about them getting too warm. I could place something under the flooring that has the under tank heat pad, but I have heat lamps too. I have a night lamp and a day lamp. The day lamp is a regular heat bulb. Set to the right wattage. I know people say don't have those because of the sensitivity to their eyes, but they are from the desert and the sun there is pretty strong so I don't worry about it much. My question after all of this is (sorry about the long post) will the heat lamps plus the under tank heat pad cause the tile or vinyl to get too hot? Thank you in advance.
I got my new leopard gecko a little over a couple of weeks ago. His name is Gaze. I picked the name because he loves to stare and it is unisex. I call him a boy though. Anyways, I have been using reptile carpet and he sometimes (most of the time) bites the carpet when he attacks his food. I think he will grow out of it, but I also read that they can get their toes stuck in it too. I am thinking about switching to tiles or vinyl. I know it will be more realistic (tile), but I am just worried about them getting too warm. I could place something under the flooring that has the under tank heat pad, but I have heat lamps too. I have a night lamp and a day lamp. The day lamp is a regular heat bulb. Set to the right wattage. I know people say don't have those because of the sensitivity to their eyes, but they are from the desert and the sun there is pretty strong so I don't worry about it much. My question after all of this is (sorry about the long post) will the heat lamps plus the under tank heat pad cause the tile or vinyl to get too hot? Thank you in advance.