is 95 degrees too hot

[Bulldog]

would that be too hot for the warm side?

 

[ledhead]

ground temp or air?

 

[Bulldog]

ground

 

[Kotsay1414]

95 might be a little too toasty. I remember Marcia saying for a short period of time, her's got to 98 once. It might be best to drop the temps a few degrees.

 

[gecko breeder]

no 95 is perfect iv had mine at 100 once. as long as it is ground temp your fine.

 

[Rhacodactyl]

no 95 is perfect iv had mine at 100 once. as long as it is ground temp your fine.

I agree, it sounds hot but as long as you're talking about surface temperature and not ambient it should be fine. I've got an infrared laser thermometer and any of my skin covered by clothing registers in the 90s. Obviously a leopard gecko isn't going to get a burn by laying on the surface of a human body so a hot spot at the same temperature shouldn't hurt anything.

 

[bamsd619]

I house mine all at 90 degrees. I have a 100 geckos and all is good. Also Ron T keeps his at that temperature.

 

[GeckoMandi]

Mine are kept at 93 seem to do just fine

 

[GeckoStud]

Mine range between 90 and 95 depending on what type of heating is being used, and tub size/thickness. They do just fine.

 

[robin]

if 95 was on a rock that a basking light was on or something that would be fine but 95 for the entire heated side ground temp is too high. 88-92 is a good range but no higher.

 

[acpart]

You might want to check and see what the temp is under the hide. I had a gecko once that started to get burns on the underside of her tail. The tiles outside the hide were ninety-something, but under the hide it was 106!

Aliza

 

[Bulldog]

In the hide it's 94-ish. Right now it's 92.6

The cave covers pretty much the entire warm side. about 25% of the tank.

 

[ReptileMan27]

92-93 is fine, I wouldnt reccomend any higher.

 

[trizzypballr]

95 might not burn a gecko, but it sure might make a gecko unconfortable, i say no higher than 92

 

[Bulldog]

Right now it reads 90.3 in the hide with a digital thermometer. Is that right? It really doesn't feel hot. I have it taped to the tile. Another thing I notice is when I take away the hide it drops like 2 or 3 degrees. So it must be also calculating air temp.

 

[ledhead]

90 deg isn't gonna feel warm to you your temp is 98. Any thing less then that is gonna feel "cool" to the touch. You can't compare warm blooded to cold. alien concepts...

A cold blooded body temp shifts 10-15 degrees is the difference between moving slow and digesting food fine. At the same time they can't feel "too hot" and will burn themselves and not know it. In warm blooded animal a shift of + or - 5-10 degrees body temp is hypothermia or brain damage...

Air temp will almost always be different from ground temp unless ground is air temp. That's why i asked if it was ground or air temp right off the bat. 95 degree air temp in an aquarium is easily 100+ ground temp.

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

I keep my geckos a little higher than 90 degrees... more like 92-94, and they love it.

 

[Bulldog]

I keep hearing that Geckos don't know when they get too hot and burn... well then how do they thermoregulate??

 

[ReptileMan27]

I keep hearing that Geckos don't know when they get too hot and burn... well then how do they thermoregulate??

Thats generally for belly heat, they dont seem know when its to hot and get burnt, atleast thats what I heard. Thats common when using hot rocks(should never us one). With air temps they know when their to warm and will go to the cool side.

 

[Kotsay1414]

I keep hearing that Geckos don't know when they get too hot and burn... well then how do they thermoregulate??

It's just like a frog. If you put a frog in a pot and slowly heat it up, it will cook it's self to death.