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Old 06-12-2007, 02:26 PM   #1
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Default Leopard Ghekos heating

I've noticed quite a few people have ghekos and just wanted to ask a quick question, do you have to turn the heat lamp off at night?

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Old 06-12-2007, 02:33 PM   #2
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yup, i do too
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Old 06-12-2007, 02:38 PM   #3
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only turn ur heat lamp off if u know ur night temps and if u have another heat element running such as a heat mat. mine all go off as it help recreat the night temps if they were in the wild. this is personal prefereance really but if u have some other form of heat to keep them warm at night then yea turn it off.
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Old 06-12-2007, 09:13 PM   #4
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Geckos don't take the heat from basking like say a tort or bearded dragon.
Geckos take it from their stomachs, so if they went to a spot under the light, they'd only take in the heat on the spot (but the heat wouldn't remain if that makes sense)

I use heat mats for my geckos.
And i've seen most lizard keepers would advise the same.

Plus Leopard geckos are nocturnal. So they're active at night, and mostly sleep during the day. If the lights keep going on and off, they might be a little confused.
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actually i have to disagree . these lizard bask excalty the same as all reptiles. it is not reconmaned fo have undertank ehat mats as these animals not have very good heat receptors under there belly and thats why undertank heat is not reconmended for thes enor is heat rocks. having lights in the day and off at night is very good for reacting the natural environment and many breeders use light methods to help with breeding them any manyother types of eyelided geckos. heat mats shud be on the sid eof the viv but gernally to have a cool and a hot side u can't use too big heat mats and so the ones used don't ge thot enough so a bulb helps to reach the temps.
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Old 06-12-2007, 10:16 PM   #6
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One of the best Leopard Gecko websites out there. http://www.leopardgecko.com/emcare.html

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