Heating Pad

[knobguy]

I just bought my zoomed undertank heating pad and its seems really weak, could it be defective? Should I buy a new one? It doesn't seem to heat up the sand at all and its built for 50 - 60 gallons put onto my 29 gallon

 

[Pepper]

Get rid of the sand.

The heating pad only needs to cover 1/3 of the tank.

Buy some reptile carpet, or use some paper towel.

 

[knobguy]

Sand is for my knobtail geckko can't get rid of it.

 

[Pepper]

ahh okay nevermind, thought you were talking about a Leo My mistake

 

[knobguy]

so is there something wrong with my heating pad?

 

[Pepper]

How hot is it too the touch? And they bury down don't they? So they are probably getting a little closer to it.

 

[knobguy]

It just feels warm, I haven't gotten mine yet but yeah they do.

 

[Gregg M]

Well, your body heat is at around 90 to 93 at the surface... If the heat pad feels warm, your heat pad is warmer than your body temp... See where I am going with this???

 

[shadowx362]

I would get a thermometer(digital) and check the temperatures to see if they are warm enough before returning it. Check on top of the sand and as well as a little deeper to see what the "borrowing" temperatures are.

 

[laurlaur12]

Thermometer!!!! I used the "similar to body heat" thing with my leo for the first month, and when i finally got a thermometer, my estimations were way off!