What temps to do you keep your geckos hot side at?

[Boa'sUnlimited]

Hey guys.

Was wondering what others keep their geckos hot side at.

I keep mine at 92 - 95.

 

[Taquiq]

I keep mine around 95.

 

[clemsonguy1125]

mines around 94 or 95

 

[Palor]

95 for me too

 

[clemsonguy1125]

93 outside the warm hide on the warm side, bout 98 inside and 89 at night

 

[C C Gecko]

I keep mine at about 90

 

[Tommy13b]

95

 

[cal3g]

Mine still fluctuates too much, I am looking into a good thermostat, but generally it is between 89 - 93.

 

[roger]

95 deg

 

[Moe]

heating for leaopard geckos is so confusing:main_rolleyes:

 

[roger]

heating for leaopard geckos is so confusing:main_rolleyes:

why is it confusing? they need surface temp of between 88-98 deg

 

[Moe]

i keep my hot spot at 100 and ambient air temperature at 95 during the day

is this too hot?

 

[Moe]

why is it confusing? they need surface temp of between 88-98 deg

because everybody has a different temperature, some people say 80 to 90 some say 90 to 95 and then people dont mention if those temperatures are for the day or night

and some people dont change theyre temps during the day or night

some people say they like 100 degrees and up since theyre from the desert, some people say if you have too many temperature variations geckos will get stressed out:main_huh::main_robin:

then the zoo med directions or the internet doesnt tell you how many inches you need inbetween your tank and aquarium stand for the heat pad to ventilate, they just tell you in the directions to put the darn pad on the side of the tank when leopard geckos need heat on theyre belly.

then people say lamps burn geckos, then people say to use a regular uvb daylight so you can get extra heat and so the gecko will know when its night or day

then people say dont get a heat rock, even though geckos need heat on theyre belly

then people say get a thermostat, but those thermostats cost too much(the good ones) and the repti 500r is rumored to be malfunctioned at times

leopared geckos in general is confusing to care for

 

[tlbowling]

because everybody has a different temperature, some people say 80 to 90 some say 90 to 95 and then people dont mention if those temperatures are for the day or night

and some people dont change theyre temps during the day or night

some people say they like 100 degrees and up since theyre from the desert, some people say if you have too many temperature variations geckos will get stressed out:main_huh::main_robin:

then the zoo med directions or the internet doesnt tell you how many inches you need inbetween your tank and aquarium stand for the heat pad to ventilate, they just tell you in the directions to put the darn pad on the side of the tank when leopard geckos need heat on theyre belly.

then people say lamps burn geckos, then people say to use a regular uvb daylight so you can get extra heat and so the gecko will know when its night or day

then people say dont get a heat rock, even though geckos need heat on theyre belly

then people say get a thermostat, but those thermostats cost too much(the good ones) and the repti 500r is rumored to be malfunctioned at times

leopared geckos in general is confusing to care for

:stunned::dizzy2: WOW, U just made me dizzy!, LOL :freak::stars:

 

[cryptid_hunter]

Yeah, I see where it can be confusing

I just tell people to experiment. I did quite a bit of research, because of all the variations we see out there, and the most common, or average, range for Leos is between 70 (cool side) to 86 (hot side). But again, this information comes from many of the different "Guides" to Leopard Gecko care that are out there circulating.

I tried an upper limit of 92 degrees (that's what my AFT's like) for my Leos and they didn't like it at all. So I just started decreasing at small increments until I got to a temperature they seemed to really like and be comfortable with. So that's what I recommend for folks to do, just tweak the temps and see what kind of reaction you get and then you'll know the appropriate temp for your gecko.