Hey there reptile-loving friends! I’ll be getting my first reptile (a crested gecko) in about a month and I had a question about temperature control - is there a central hub that can control the heat lamp and a cooling fan, as needed, but that also allows me to set different ranges between the daytime and nighttime settings? I can find thermostats that control both heating and cooling, but you just have one range you can set. Is there something out there that would allow the temperature to drop lower at night, as recommended? Or am I getting too far into the weeds? Thanks in advance!
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Unless you live in a very cold climate NO heat or UVB is required. My room temperature is around 69 to 70 degrees pretty much year round and that’s plenty warm for crested geckos with no added heat whatsoever……
I live where the weather is pretty mild, but we rarely use our heat or AC, so it gets down to 52 in the winter and up to 85 in the summer, which is a bit outside the range for a crestie, from what I’ve read?
Yes 52 will be too chilly for a crestie as will 85 be too warm. However I will leave it to someone with experience to advise you because I have never had to worry about heating or cooling a crestie enclosure……