Heating pad?

[efx*]

I baught albino leopard gecko a week and a half ago and I have been hearing havthat they have to e a cool side and a warm side and on my cool side its 80 and with a heat lamp on the warm side its 83, I have a regular heating pad, do you think I could be able to just use that for now and then get a reptile heating pad?

 

[efx*]

I baught albino leopard gecko a week and a half ago and I have been hearing that they have to have a cool side and a warm side and on my cool side its 80 and with a heat lamp on the warm side its 83, I have a regular heating pad, do you think I could be able to just use that for now and then get a reptile heating pad? ***

 

[dragonflyreptiles]

I have used many a human heating pad for temporary heat but you still need a thermostat or a dimmer of some kind. The hot needs to be 90-92 and the cool is fine at room temp.

If your hot is 83 you can get a red overhead bulb and that will help get it higher but make sure it doesn't get too hot.

What setting do you have the heating pad on and what substrate are you using?

 

[efx*]

I havent hooked up the heating pad yet but it has 3 diffrent settings on it will I still need a light dimmer?

Im using reptile carpet with paper towel on top.

 

[dragonflyreptiles]

you really need a thermostat no matter what heat source you use.

I have found that a human heating pad used as a back up heat source set on medium with ceramic tile as the substrate tays around 90 in my house but my house is always on the cool side. HUmdan heating pads are not good as a choice for all tiem heat, but willw ork as a back up if they are under constant temp checks.

a dimmer will work instead of a thermostat if the room temps are steady day and night if not a thermostat is a must. A dimmer will get you by on a temporary basis.

 

[efx*]

I put it on medium and my digital therometer says 83 still how do I get the temp of the substrate I dont want to hurt my gecko and it has been on atleast a hour and a half.

 

[dragonflyreptiles]

what size tank is it? You can get a zoo med UTH pad that is made my tank size and they are not that expensive.

and make sure youa re reading it ont he tank floor, not the air temp.

 

[efx*]

It is 29 gallon and how do I get the floor temp?

 

[dragonflyreptiles]

Put your digital thermometer probe on the cage floor and that will give you the floor temp.

 

[efx*]

ok