Leo car ride.

[Charlevoix]

Hello all,

I have to transport my leopard gecko about 3 hours in a car. I was wondering how I can keep her warm during this time? In the summer time I never had to worry about her getting cold in car rides but now it's about 7 degrees outside and the poor baby will freeze I fear.

Thank you

 

[Aimless]

look for those little hand-warmer pouches. those work well. tape it the underside of the lid on her transport container, and keep an eye on the temp.

 

[Andi]

Put some shorts and a T-shirt on and pump the heat!

 

[jinete]

Yeah, I was going to say turn on the car heater. Keep him/her on the floor where most of that warm air will blow. Should be ok.

 

[Etienette]

It took two and a half hours yesterday to transfer my newly acquired Leo, with temperatures being in the -20's outside. But I directed the vents towards her travel container, and kept a steady flow of heat on it while monitoring the temperature. Another idea would be to use a heat pack/hand pouch beneath the container - like stated in an above post.

 

[Aimless]

I would never put one beneath. I had one several years ago, bought and sold for shipping reptiles, that malfunctioned. it was supposed to top out at 100F, and when the dude on the other end opened the box there was a cooked snake and the registered temp was 140F.

that's why I would always use heat from above in a situation where you can't add a thermostat.

 

[Etienette]

Ahh, that doesn't sound good at all!
For transporting in colder conditions, like I did with my new Leo - I had a digital thermometer to monitor the temperature of her travel box. I held a bit of paranoia with transporting her in such temperatures overall, as my male Leo was transported in the summer time where the heat was plentiful. But, I didn't use any heat source yesterday other than from the vents like stated above, but I'll certainly keep that in mind about under container heat sources.

 

[LEOPARD1]

Depending on the vehicle you should be able to maintain a sufficient temperature. If you want to spend money on heat packs and stuff you dont need, make sure to monitor the gecko for possible over heating. If 70 degrees is comfortable to YOU I think the LG should be just fine. My .02 cents..

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Ahh, that doesn't sound good at all!
For transporting in colder conditions, like I did with my new Leo - I had a digital thermometer to monitor the temperature of her travel box. I held a bit of paranoia with transporting her in such temperatures overall, as my male Leo was transported in the summer time where the heat was plentiful. But, I didn't use any heat source yesterday other than from the vents like stated above, but I'll certainly keep that in mind about under container heat sources.

:cheer: Your digital thermometer made life easy even in the frigid Canadian northlands!