carcinocell
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Hello, I just got my leopard gecko today and I have some concerns
The temperature was hovering around the 90 to 95 range for a while, however after putting a hide there the temperatures within it have gone up to 99-100 over the last 5 hours or so. I'm worried about the gecko getting burned. I felt the area with my hand and it didn't /feel/ like it was too hot, but I've read that leopard geckos have sensitive skin on their bellies. I feel like he would move to the cool side of the tank if it was too hot, but I feel he may also simply be too afraid of his new surroundings to leave the hot hide.
I unfortunately do not have a dimmer, as it seemed like I wouldn't need one. I was also told babies enjoy slightly higher temperatures. I do not know how soon I would be able to get a dimmer for the UTH, and I am unsure of what I should do in the meantime.
Any help would be appreciated.
Note; as I was writing this he came out of the hot hide, but he went back into it not long afterward
The temperature was hovering around the 90 to 95 range for a while, however after putting a hide there the temperatures within it have gone up to 99-100 over the last 5 hours or so. I'm worried about the gecko getting burned. I felt the area with my hand and it didn't /feel/ like it was too hot, but I've read that leopard geckos have sensitive skin on their bellies. I feel like he would move to the cool side of the tank if it was too hot, but I feel he may also simply be too afraid of his new surroundings to leave the hot hide.
I unfortunately do not have a dimmer, as it seemed like I wouldn't need one. I was also told babies enjoy slightly higher temperatures. I do not know how soon I would be able to get a dimmer for the UTH, and I am unsure of what I should do in the meantime.
Any help would be appreciated.
Note; as I was writing this he came out of the hot hide, but he went back into it not long afterward
