Max heat

[Ringo]

I am just curious to what the maximum heat a leopard gecko can withstand in general. Since it is a dessert species I figure the max heat would be around 100 degrees F with a target heat of 90 degrees F.

[mlededee]

you can have a max of about 92 but in general you want to keep the high around 88 degrees.

[Ringo]

What about for the cool side? See my problem is going to be that I want to use a UTH because belly heat is better for them but I also need a light source for viewing. Im affraid that if I use a light then the temperatures will be too high. Unless lots of heat will escape from the open screen top.

[mlededee]

the cool side should be around 78 degrees. if you use a fluorescent light for viewing it should not affect the temps--they do not put off much if any heat.

[Ringo]

Ok thats cool. I think I could use a light that provides some heat to help keep the cool side temp up. The room temp is 75 right now but its usually slightly lower around 70.

[mlededee]

just use a low watt bulb and you should be fine.

[Ringo]

Im going to get a small dome that has a dimmer switch so if the light gets too hot then I can always turn it down some. I think it will work out nicely.

[Fenderplayer104]

for my corn snake i was lucky enought to find a 7.5 w blub for like night lights and it works wonderful