[sajane]

I have a thermostat for my uth. My question is; What is the max temp before my gecko will get burnt?When I feel the tile it does nt feel that warm but is 100 deegrees. Even at 105 it doesnt burn me, will it burn them?

[Allee Toler]

97F is the absolute max. Suggest no higher than 95F. I keep my geckos in my rack at 97F, but they're in a rack.

[sajane]

ok thanks for the fast reply

[lindsaydo]

The reason why you need belly heat is to aid digestion. You should make sure you have a cool side of the tank too, so if they do get warm, they can just go and get cool. There has been some posts before on previous pages of a guy that kept the tiles too hot and did burn his gecko, it wasn't very nice. If your heat mat does get too hot, I would suggest using a mat stat, or a thermostat with a probe.

[oli]

Ok, so is the temperature reading from the probe or is it from the thermostat? Is the probe placed on the heat tape or on the tile? Is this temperature of 100 the surface temp of the tiles, say taken with an accurate temp gun? These are the questions that you need to think about. If your thermostat is set to 100F for instance, and your heat probe for this thermostat is directly on the heat tape/heat chord/heating pad (which it should be) then the tape/chord/pad is 100F on its' surface. This means that the tiles which are on top of this heating devise is significantly less warm. I would suggest getting a very good heat gun(the cheap one's aren't very accurate, or they get worse with age) as it is always really good to double check the temps in the enclosure and it is good not to take the thermostats word for the temp as it can be off. Like I was saying, set the thermostat/rheostat up and take the temp of the surface the gecko will be on, and adjust as necessary. This investment in a temperature gun will be soo very worth it for you and it will save you so much of a headache, and you will have no questions as you will know exactly how warm the surface of your tiles or your sand or your paper towels/substrate of any sort, etc. is at any given time with the press of a button. Hope this helps you out!

[sajane]

Al right, I'll get a temp gun. What price range should I look for,, or brand

[lindsaydo]

There are decent ones on Amazon. Laser pointed ones, or others. I was looking the other day. I am not sure what kind, whether laser pointed or one of the others.

[oli]

412L IR Thermometer - Reptile Basics Inc this one is 50$. I have it and it works great

[kittenwool2]

hi hope someone can help me just got a stacking system for my 2 geckos and 2 bearded dragons all in dif vivs it goes bearded dragon 2 geckos in split viv and bearded dragon the geckos belly heat goes to 92f and 38c is this ok there r in a 3ft long 2ft high and 2ft deth jjust worried dont want them to burn