Thermostat rant

[frostysBP]

So I joined a leopard gecko group and most of these people have no clue about thermostats and dot believe a word anyone says....god people drive me nuts sometimes....rant over

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[Albert Clark]

So I joined a leopard gecko group and most of these people have no clue about thermostats and dot believe a word anyone says....god people drive me nuts sometimes....rant over

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There is a belief that geckos' can live at room temperatures and don't require thermostat stable temperatures. Personally, if I owned geckos they would be living in thermostatically controlled environments. I wouldn't sweat that.

[frostysBP]

Yea I give them diagrams for prob placement and have them info right from spider robotics website on how to use and setup but im still wrong...

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[Megg]

There is a belief that geckos' can live at room temperatures and don't require thermostat stable temperatures. Personally, if I owned geckos they would be living in thermostatically controlled environments. I wouldn't sweat that.

Leopard geckos? I keep mine with a 90 degree hot side (by using a thermostat!) and a cooler side. That's what I've always heard to do for them. Wonder why the forum doesn't believe in thermostats. Cresties on the other hand, I've always heard to just keep at room temp if it's between like 72 and 80 degrees F. Is that incorrect?

I'm also on a gecko forum, but don't use it very often because I feel like their info goes against everything I've learned here.

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[frostysBP]

Your right I am not liking the gecko forum at all and will probably be leaving it to save further frustration.

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[Albert Clark]

Leopard geckos? I keep mine with a 90 degree hot side (by using a thermostat!) and a cooler side. That's what I've always heard to do for them. Wonder why the forum doesn't believe in thermostats. Cresties on the other hand, I've always heard to just keep at room temp if it's between like 72 and 80 degrees F. Is that incorrect?

I'm also on a gecko forum, but don't use it very often because I feel like their info goes against everything I've learned here.

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Yeah, I think it's the cresties , I stand corrected on that. Thanks Megg.

[Megg]

Yeah, I think it's the cresties , I stand corrected on that. Thanks Megg.

I wish Leos were that simple, lol. I'd have a lot more if they didn't need heating and a thermostat!


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[jclaiborne]

To be honest I had never heard of using a TSTAT for any reptile before I joined this Forum. I don't utilize a TSTAT for any of my lizards, I use overhead heating in the form of flood lights to create a basking spot, and all my lizards like it nice and hot so there is no worry about burning, I know this doesn't cross into geckos, but my point is TSTAT use isn't preached as widely as you would think.

[Megg]

To be honest I had never heard of using a TSTAT for any reptile before I joined this Forum. I don't utilize a TSTAT for any of my lizards, I use overhead heating in the form of flood lights to create a basking spot, and all my lizards like it nice and hot so there is no worry about burning, I know this doesn't cross into geckos, but my point is TSTAT use isn't preached as widely as you would think.

I think a large part of it is that the UTH manufactures don't say anywhere on their product that a thermostat is required- not that I've seen, anyways.


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[Jabberwocky Dragons]

The major difference is the use of racks for bps. Heating pads aren't going to melt a glass aquarium and kill everything in it. Same with basking lights. Racks can quickly become an overheated death trap if the t-stat fails in the on position. This is why back-up t-stats are a MUSTwhen using a rack. If the geckos are not being housed in a rack, then there are more options and more leeway for t-stat use.

I use a herpstat to control my overhead dragon basking lights. I do not use a back-up t-stat for them and the probe is inside an enclosure. Why? There's no danger to them or to the enclosures if the lights go on full blast due to a t-stat failure. I could just as easily use a rheostat for this purpose but prefer the precision of a t-stat.