Hellllllp... how cold is too cold?

[edyki]

People, how cold does it get before it's too cold? My daughter priority overnighted our leopard gecko with a heat pack that will last till 8:30 am tomorrow... he was supposed to be delivered today but instead the facility shut down at 1 pm with him inside it... they say they will deliver him by 4:30 pm tomorrow but I am afraid if his heat pack runs out at 8:30 a.m., he will die if they keep him in the truck... there is no one in the facility right now... I am thinking I could awaken in the morning and call them at 6 am. and tell them to put him in a warm room?? if it's 12 F will he die? How cold is too cold?

 

[acpart]

It depends on a lot of things, like how long it really will take the heat pack to completely run out of heat, how well insulated the box is to retain heat, how cold the facility is etc. It certainly wouldn't hurt to call tomorrow and see what you can work out.
I once had a gold dust day gecko shipped 2nd day air and it got lost for a day, so it took 3 days. It was this time of year and the morning it got delivered it was 12 degrees out. I got the package and thought the gecko was dead, but for some reason I started breathing on it and it started moving. I had that gecko for 11 years!
When geckos get cold, their metabolism slows down. If they stay too cold for too long, they go into a cold coma and will eventually die. If the box is well insulated with styrofoam, the heat may last longer than you would think.

Aliza