Please help D:

[Coby78]

Sorry for the late update, she did actually put hot water in there with bags, just not touching the gecko. The power went back on at about 11 (which was over 5 hours later) so all is good now.

 

[Dog Shrink]

YAY... so glad to hear it all went well.

 

[prettyinpink]

Glad everything is ok!

 

[sausage]

Hot water pottles FTW

 

[Dog Shrink]

FTW??? What's that mean plz?

 

[Joao]

For the win

 

[M_surinamensis]

Problably too late, but how about a blanket or two wrapped around the tank? Just leave a small open area on top for air to circulate. I'm sure this will keep the cold out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uuQQGnYY2o

Blankets don't generate heat. They just provide insulation, allowing heat from a source underneath or wrapped inside them to build up. A blanket wrapped around an unheated tank containing an ectothermic animal won't accomplish anything.

 

[Joao]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uuQQGnYY2o

Blankets don't generate heat. They just provide insulation, allowing heat from a source underneath or wrapped inside them to build up. A blanket wrapped around an unheated tank containing an ectothermic animal won't accomplish anything.

I didn't say blankets generate heat, but they would hold the current heat in and not allow the tank to get cold super quick. I disagree that it wouldn't do anything.

 

[M_surinamensis]

I didn't say blankets generate heat, but they would hold the current heat in and not allow the tank to get cold super quick. I disagree that it wouldn't do anything.

Since physics are a matter of opinion, that's just fine.

You wrap blankets around enclosures the next time you have no power and let me know how it works out for you. I'm sure it'll be dandy.

 

[Joao]

Since physics are a matter of opinion, that's just fine.

You wrap blankets around enclosures the next time you have no power and let me know how it works out for you. I'm sure it'll be dandy.

What is your problem?

In your post you yourself said a blanket would be like insulation.. Insulation would keep the warm air from leaving, and some cold air out, no?
This would help... Not a lot but it would do something.

I wasn't sitting here saying that a blanket is the end all be all solution to this issue. Hot water bottles were mentioned, so I decided to mention blankets as another possibility. Just another thing for the person in urgent need of help could use as a tool to get through the night.

 

[Jordan]

. Just another thing for the person in urgent need of help could use as a tool to get through the night.

i wouldnt exactly say 'urgent help' ... as geckos can last months without heat.

 

[sausage]

2 things, when properly coolingg the gecko's they arent supposed to be fed over the cooling period.
Also heat rocks are considered a big no no, especially if its the only sourse of heat.

yes during the cooling stages most of mine dont tend to eat but i still offer food to them. somtimes they eat just one locust.

i must say i do hear that all the time from people over seas. what exactly is it about them you consider to be a big no no!?
iv used them for years and never had a problem + my leos seem to love them (and no they are not the only heat source)

 

[Jordan]

yes during the cooling stages most of mine dont tend to eat but i still offer food to them. somtimes they eat just one locust.

i must say i do hear that all the time from people over seas. what exactly is it about them you consider to be a big no no!?
iv used them for years and never had a problem + my leos seem to love them (and no they are not the only heat source)

well they are the only heat source over the cooling period, you said that in your last post.
Heat rocks can cause severe burns because the heat is distributed unevenly and some bits are cold and warm and some are extremely hot to burn your leo. I just dont think people should risk it. i know a few people that have risked it and there gecko got burnt... badly.

If you are providing a heat source and food, then your not really cooling them.
Over the cooling period there shouldnt be any heat, or very little heat if it gets TOO cold. the thermostat needs to be turned down, and no food should be offered as they cant digest it. And you dont then offer them a heat source so they CAN digest it, or it just renders the whole cooling period pointless.

 

[sausage]

well they are the only heat source over the cooling period, you said that in your last post.
Heat rocks can cause severe burns because the heat is distributed unevenly and some bits are cold and warm and some are extremely hot to burn your leo. I just dont think people should risk it. i know a few people that have risked it and there gecko got burnt... badly.

If you are providing a heat source and food, then your not really cooling them.
Over the cooling period there shouldnt be any heat, or very little heat if it gets TOO cold. the thermostat needs to be turned down, and no food should be offered as they cant digest it. And you dont then offer them a heat source so they CAN digest it, or it just renders the whole cooling period pointless.

I thought you meant ONLY source all the time as in all year round.
All of mine normally have basking lamps and heat mats as well as some having a small heat rock during the summer they are at optimum temperature then during the winter the lights and mats are turned off and rocks left on as it gets pretty cold here.
Well everyone to their own really as different things work for different people.
Myself and people I know have never had a problem and this works for me. And they breed for the correct amount of months with fantastic results

 

[Jordan]

just out of interest, if it gets pretty cold there then why DO you cool?

the gecko's will feel the natural winter very easily if it naturally gets very cold.

 

[sausage]

just out of interest, if it gets pretty cold there then why DO you cool?

the gecko's will feel the natural winter very easily if it naturally gets very cold.

Well I personally found that with all the lights still on in their tanks they just didn’t stop breeding pretty much all year round and they continued to eat as much as they were in the summer.

 

[Jordan]

Well I personally found that with all the lights still on in their tanks they just didn’t stop breeding pretty much all year round and they continued to eat as much as they were in the summer.

but thats a good thing...? helps keep their weights up, and theyre always ready to breed, though obviously females should have 3 - 4 months break.

 

[sausage]

but thats a good thing...? helps keep their weights up, and theyre always ready to breed, though obviously females should have 3 - 4 months break.

exactly! But they were really starting to get fat with it lol my tans seem to find it a lot harder to shed the extra pounds compared to all my other morphs