The Cold Side: What temperature should it be?

[Bennayboi]

Ive got a state-of-the-art air tempature stablization system called Heating which keeps the house ~70 degrees throughout winter. It works very well.

 

[stewy84]

Ive got a state-of-the-art air tempature stablization system called Heating which keeps the house ~70 degrees throughout winter. It works very well.

Dido and a basment shouldnt get colder than 60, its under ground, kinda the geo-thermal thing going on. At leat my basment dont and i have a old limestone foundation.

 

[Olimpia]

Living in Florida, I don't even have to worry about the cold side. It's always in the mid-70's, summer or winter. So unless it's summer and I have the windows open, the temps don't change very much.

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

The cool side of an enclosure cannot get any cooler than the ambient air temperature in the room.

 

[ajveachster]

I voted 80-85, but really that is not because I make it that. That is the result of residual heat in the rack and the room temp. The apt is usually at 73, so the cool side temp stays pretty constant.

 

[thegeckoguy23]

I don't really know what is perfect for optimal health and comfort, but my best guess would be that 75-80 would be a nice temp. for the cool side. Since the hot side is 90-92, I don't think 85 degrees would be enough of a gradient, but 82 and below seems good to me. I think temps in the low 60s put them into hibernation.

leos dont go into hibernation they go into BURMATION

 

[Taquiq]

Room temperature.

 

[Taquiq]

Woah, lol, I didn't see that the last post was back in 2009, sorry I replyed best to let it drop again. Saw it at the top of the page.

 

[thegeckoguy23]

Woah, lol, I didn't see that the last post was back in 2009, sorry I replyed best to let it drop again. Saw it at the top of the page.

what post?

 

[Taquiq]

This post.

 

[miiike]

leos dont go into hibernation they go into BURMATION

You mean Brumation, right

Woah, lol, I didn't see that the last post was back in 2009, sorry I replyed best to let it drop again. Saw it at the top of the page.

You didn't bring it back from the dead the guy above you did.

 

[Taquiq]

You didn't bring it back from the dead the guy above you did.

Right, Yes he did.

 

[tlbowling]

My cool side can be as cold as 60 and as hot as 85, I just let it be whatever the room temp. happens to be. Its the hot side that is tough to manage sometimes, if its 85 in the room, he just doesnt hang out on the hot side.

 

[AntMan612]

:main_yes: I'm back! The poll results are in the shape of a bell curve, so there doesn't seem to be a clear consensus about the required cold side comfort temperature zone of our leopard geckos, as the seasons change. Perhaps, the geckos don't expect or require to see a temperature lower than 70 F somewhere inside the tank during the summer months. No one has commented about experiencing health problems when the temperature range inside the tank shrinks in the summer and grows in the winter.

 

[roger]

70-75 deg

 

[LeoMerlin]

I'm not really sure myself on this subject. I heard it's supposed to be one way during the day, another at night. My warm side stays between 85-90-ish (meaning sometimes it gets to 95 but not always), and the cool side stays 80 during the day and drops to 75 at night. Unless it's raining or the humidity drops like crazy outside like it did last night, and made the warm side TOO cool this morning. Scared me like crazy! Got it fixed though, lol.

 

[contracteryin]

During the winter this year the cold side of my tank was normally around 75-ish and the hot side just under 90. I had issues keeping it warm, obviously. I couldn't get my dad to turn the heat up a few degrees, but Neara is still happy and healthy. The nice thing about the summer though is the heat lamp only needs to be on at night. Here from April-late September it can get 75-101 degrees Fahrenheit tops.

 

[ryshk003]

Since my tank is larger (40 gallon) I have a height gradient on the cool side with a bulb that provides some heat (otherwise it is way too cold) on the spot closer to the bulb it's around 85, in the lower area it's around 78. I also have alot of shaded spots throughout my terrarium so there's always a place for my leo to go to be more comfortable.

 

[Nick312]

They will just end up with undigested food, infection, URI and eventually die.

 

[Russ S]

They will just end up with undigested food, infection, URI and eventually die.

Would you mind clarifying what exactly you were responding to with this statement?