Crested Geckos Advice on Overheating and Underheating

[CoinOperatedGirl]

I've been monitoring the temperature in my bedroom for the past few days to work out if I'll need to get a mat & stat for my Crestie.
The average in this weather (typical english rain) is around 72F. Almost all the care sheets I've looked at say the daytime temperature should ideally be in the range of 70-80F. Is a constant 72F-ish a little too much on the cold side of OK? Do I need to get a mat/bulb just to take the temps up a few degrees?

Thanks for the help & sorry if this is a daft question.

[hexem]

It's fine. wouldnt worry too much unless its in the low 60's.

[sparkle]

Originally Posted by CoinOperatedGirl

I've been monitoring the temperature in my bedroom for the past few days to work out if I'll need to get a mat & stat for my Crestie.
The average in this weather (typical english rain) is around 72F. Almost all the care sheets I've looked at say the daytime temperature should ideally be in the range of 70-80F. Is a constant 72F-ish a little too much on the cold side of OK? Do I need to get a mat/bulb just to take the temps up a few degrees?

Thanks for the help & sorry if this is a daft question.

for summer temps 72 is fine.. summer temps if they go as low as the mid sixties though can confuse the crestie about winter / summer seasons etc

this would be more important with breeding animals.. for example if the crested gecko had an ambient of mid sixties in summer in a house then in winter once central heating kicked in it actually rose.. to say for example 74

it would turn the summer/winiter temps round the wrong way..

Hope that made sense

[CoinOperatedGirl]

^ That makes perfect sense thank you

That probably will be the case with mine actually - I never usually have the heating on at all, although I will this year for my small but hopefully growing herp collection.

[sparkle]

Originally Posted by CoinOperatedGirl

^ That makes perfect sense thank you

That probably will be the case with mine actually - I never usually have the heating on at all, although I will this year for my small but hopefully growing herp collection.

have fun building your collection of reps.. they are amazing creatures

[wes77]

Great thread. I'm probably getting a cresty this weekend so this info helps heaps.

[Geckogirl_88]

I live in Aberdeen so will have NO trouble will overheating lol. I do worry my new cresties might get a bit chilli when they arrive tho. I plan to shine my desk lamp, which can be quite hot, in through the screan top of the viv. Will this do? Only want to raise the temp a couple of degrees, it shouldn't be so cold as to need additional heating. Just thought for during winter.
xx

[Liam17]

I would say get a little heat mat and attach it to the side of your tank for the winter. Have this conected to a matstat. You can have more control this way, the lamp could be un-predictable.

I just use a small heat mat and place some plants over it on the inside of the tank. This way it creates little warm pockets so if the gecko gets cold it can move to a warmer spot. And its cheaper than heating the whole tank.

[JRoss]

Nice Thread, This is commonly overlooked

[JRoss]

If you put car heat refectors by the window or you can use foil it will deflect 90% of the heat from the sun and this will cool the room. I've been monitoring the temperature in the room with my cresties and it has cooled down significantly.