tile

[Murf301]

I am about to switchover to tile today my one to concerns are does tile get to cold on the side without the heating pad and should i put a layer of repti-carpet under the tile or just put it write on the cage glass?

 

[acpart]

Plain tile on top of the glass cage bottom works fine for me (and my geckos).

Aliza

 

[Murf301]

ok cool

 

[GeckoGathering]

I am about to switchover to tile today my one to concerns are does tile get to cold on the side without the heating pad and should i put a layer of repti-carpet under the tile or just put it write on the cage glass?

In my case I had clean carpet down already, so I put tile over the carpet. Some gecko homes got tile / carpet combinations. Just a little break up on looks. take care. HJ

 

[BobbyD]

I used a piece of slate. i found my gecko didnt come out as much.. when i came to give it all a clean, i decided to go for paper again, now hes out and about..
Think i may stick to it.
Just suppose it what works best for you.

 

[GeeEssFore]

Mine hated paper towel. I use slate in all mine. The cold side never gets cold to the touch

 

[Jaiden23]

I originally used carpet, but after about a week and a half I noticed that it was holding odor (I have a heightened sense of smell... no one else noticed it besides me:main_laugh: ) and so I ditched the carpet for a ceramic tile approach. My gecko actually became more active on the tile and now spends a great deal of time out and about in the evenings. My temperatures are maintaining better as well, an even 91-92 on the warm side and a pretty constant 76-75 on the cool side, without using a thermostat.

I suppose it's just a gecko's preference as to what substrate they are more comfortable on.