how do you make a cage cold if your ac is broken

cornysnake · #1 09-26-2009, 02:05 PM

how do you make a fat tails cage cold and how cold do you make it???

Crandall Geckos · #2 09-26-2009, 02:15 PM

Put bottled water in freezer and when frozen put in cage, in a spot the animals can't get to.

acpart · #3 09-26-2009, 08:49 PM

I don't know where you live or how hot it gets. I live in New England and we get summer days that are in the 90's with high humidity. I have no AC and don't want it. When it gets that hot my fat tails go to the cool side and are fine. The only animal I make heat adjustment for is my crestie who goes into his basement condo when it gets that hot.

Aliza

cornysnake · #4 09-28-2009, 09:50 AM

thanks and i need there cage to get cold so they can hibernate and start breeding i have been trying to breed them for 3 months.

acpart · #5 09-28-2009, 09:59 PM

If you've been trying to breed them for 3 months, you probably got them started at the end of their season, unless you were able to see that they were ovulating. My geckos laid their first eggs at the end of Jan. and their last eggs in July, with maybe one who started late laying in Aug. If they weren't ovulating when you tried to breed them, they wouldn't be able to make and lay eggs. It is not clear that it's necessary to brumate them to improve their breeding chances. If you can make the cage colder with the frozen water, go ahead and try. It does seem to be pretty labor intensive. Either way, you should put the males and females together mid Jan. and see what happens.

Aliza

cornysnake · #6 09-30-2009, 07:23 PM

thanks i will probably wait for January.