first leopard gecko hows my set up?

[ataintor623]

the big hid has a heat pad under it and a red light above it.

 

[Embrace Calamity]

1) How are you measuring temps?
2) How will you be heating it at night?
3) Do you have a humid hide?

~Maggot

 

[ataintor623]

the humid hide is the big one which has moss in it he mostly stays in that one. heating at night i keep both heating pad and red light on. and measuring temps with a digital thermometer

 

[Embrace Calamity]

the humid hide is the big one which has moss in it he mostly stays in that one.

Move it to the middle and put a dry hide over on the warm side. You need a dry hide on the cool side and one on the warm side, with the humid hide in the middle.

heating at night i keep both heating pad and red light on.

Get rid of the red light. Contrary to popular belief, leos can see it, and it disrupts their nighttime activity. Get a ceramic heat emitter if you need more heat.

and measuring temps with a digital thermometer

What are the temps on the cool and warm sides?

~Maggot

 

[ataintor623]

its about a 5 degree difference . about 88 on cool side give or take.

 

[Embrace Calamity]

its about a 5 degree difference . about 88 on cool side give or take.

That doesn't sound right at all. It needs to be at least 10 degrees cooler. If that's a 20 long like it looks like, you should be able to get it at 90+ on the warm side and easily in the high 70's on the cool.

~Maggot

 

[ataintor623]

maybe im completely off ill check temps in the morning and let you know how it is

 

[Embrace Calamity]

Be sure to move things around too. Put the humid hide in the middle, the log hide on the cool or warm side and the dome wood on the other side. Then put the water bowl and the mealworms somewhere in the middle.

~Maggot

 

[ataintor623]

okay thankyou I'll let you know how it goes