Crested Geckos Advice on Overheating and Underheating

[sparkle]

Originally Posted by emmaw

Hi, that's the air temp.

if thats the absolute lowest it goes it is a bit under what is recomended and I would be concerned about the crestie getting an RI if the air temps were as low as this for any length of time.. they can get lethargic and also cold temps allow the natural parasites and bacteria they might harbour to multiply..

this is another reason correct temps are very important for any reptile.. they need the heat to make sure the natural bacterias they have in their gut dont take over.. and make them ill..


is there anywhere in the house you can move them too thats warmer at all?

[callum gohrisch]

thanks

[emmaw]

Originally Posted by sparkle

if thats the absolute lowest it goes it is a bit under what is recomended and I would be concerned about the crestie getting an RI if the air temps were as low as this for any length of time.. they can get lethargic and also cold temps allow the natural parasites and bacteria they might harbour to multiply..

this is another reason correct temps are very important for any reptile.. they need the heat to make sure the natural bacterias they have in their gut dont take over.. and make them ill..


is there anywhere in the house you can move them too thats warmer at all?

No, he is already in the warmest room. He is really active though in the evenings and seems quite happy - during the day his temps come up to 22 degrees which is what the stat is set to. It's difficult to know what to do to keep the temps up as the heat mats don't seem to help.

[KrystalMaze]

Im a newbie currenttly looking for a crestie, thanks for the g8 advise!

[bacardi84uk]

My flat has started to get cold in the evenings over the last week or two. Got into a routine now where i switch to nightglo bulbs on a dimmer at night.
I manage to keep temps in the mid to high 60's F whereas the other morning i scared myself seeing they had dropped to 63F. Daytime they have sunglo which keeps them at 75-80F ish. Its taken a lot of playing around and a few very very late nights where ive been sat up watching temps, but i think its sorted now. Stupid UK weather. :P

[nickhardman]

Thanks for the advice! I'm more concerned about cold weather than hot living in scotland!

[Nic B-C]

Weather and Climate - New Caledonia

Heres the temp table for New Caledonia

What you need to do is to try and replicate these seasons but remember they will be 6 months out for us

[Nic B-C]

Also remember in the cooling off months cresties can go well into the low 60s without detriment

[liamh1991]

Hey, im getting a crestie this friday (cant wait to get the lil guy/gal!) I got the set up and pretty much everything i need on saturday and ive been trying different things to get the temps and humidity right.

The night temp, with no heating goes to 65.6 at the lowest and during the day with a 15w sunglo bulb gets to the high 60's to the low 70's, but it takes a couple of hours to heat up properly in the morning.

The humidy drops after a few hours to the low to mid 50's but i have paper towel in there at the moment so im going to get some eco bark to keep it up so im not too worried about that.

I would like to get the temperature a bit higher in the day, do you guys think upgrading to a 25w sunglo bulb would achieve the couple of degrees extra i need? im also using a repti glo 5.0 uvb bulb, advice much appreciated!

[Nic B-C]

Could try in another room if hotter