Leopard Gecko In Cold Room

If your leopard gecko is on the hot side then chances are that they ll feel a lot warmer than they would be when on the cold side.

Leopard gecko in cold room.

Leopard geckos prefer to hide in warm shelters during the daytime using their warmth to charge themselves for nighttime activity. Instead of producing their own heat like mammals they instead regulate their temperature by moving around their environment. Assuming everyone sleeps around 8 hours per night having your leopard gecko go that long in an overly cold tank could be very bad for it and you might even start to see symptoms of having a cold room show in your leopard gecko when you wake up in the morning. Like other reptiles leopard geckos are cold blooded.

In this video i go through 5 reasons your leopard gecko is spending so much time in it s cold area hide and how you may be able to stop this if necessary. The thing is leopard geckos are cold blooded lizards and are ecotherms. Ches are very good at increasing ambient air temperature inside of a cold enclosure. Leopard geckos may bask in the morning sun to warm up or shelter beneath a rock ledge to keep cool in the hottest part of the day.

They for the most part live in very warm climates that never get cold so you need to make sure that they always have a warm place to stay in. If the floor temperature gets a little too hot they can quite easily move to the cold side. By ensuring the floor of your terrarium is this temperature and the air temperature isn t far off this usually happens automatically unless you are in a very cold place your leopard gecko will be happy and healthy. Unless your leopard gecko was laying in the hot spot it might feel cold to you when you pick it up.

Some owners get anxious because their leopard gecko is cold to the touch. My cool side temp is 21 23c and warm side is 27 30c at night although i will be lowering it 2c on my night setting. Leopard gecko cage heating reptiles are very sensitive to the weather and the environment around them and this is why heat is usually required for most reptiles when housing them.