UTH, on or off at night?

[Geck-O]

I put a bowl of mealies into the cage for my gecko only at night when he comes out. The thing is, I normally turn off the UTH at around 6-7 PM My gecko normally comes out when it's dark around 8. That's when he eats the mealies. So I'm not sure if I should turn on the UTH at night so that my gecko can digest the mealies. The temp in the room at night wiht the AC on is around 70-78 degrees at night.

 

[Riyo]

I always leave my UTH running, day or night, so they always have a warm place to sit if they need to.

 

[LizMarie]

I put my UTH on at all times. Right after my Leo eats she goes and lays down on the warm side and spends most of the night there.

 

[Lady_Kiya]

I also leave my UTH on all the time.

 

[thekooliest]

I keep it on as well.

 

[cwazy]

on at all times as well...

 

[Pepper]

Yeah same here, during the day I have the UTH plus a red infrared, then at night the bulb goes off but the UTH stays on because he digests at night after I feed him.

 

[nats]

I put a bowl of mealies into the cage for my gecko only at night when he comes out. The thing is, I normally turn off the UTH at around 6-7 PM My gecko normally comes out when it's dark around 8. That's when he eats the mealies. So I'm not sure if I should turn on the UTH at night so that my gecko can digest the mealies. The temp in the room at night wiht the AC on is around 70-78 degrees at night.

Dont turn your UTH off at night (or any other time).
Night time, after eating is the most important time to have that belly
heat for digestion.

 

[Libby15]

I leave mine on all the time too. I turn my red light off at night.

 

[Geck-O]

Thanks for the replies guys! They really helped!

 

[kyahbean]

Yeah mine is on all the time too.

 

[hoppslover]

I leave my UTH on all the time at around 90.