A few questions

[Ixidor]

Do you need a heat lamp or any kind of lighting with a uth? The guy at the petstore said no, but I don't know if he's actually kept one. The vet said he'd bred them and he always had like a 20-40 watt bulb and the uth. Right now I dont have any lights on top.

Another thing the guy at the vet said that a uv light would be a good idea, he said the the glass panes in a window filter out the ultra violet rays. Second question, do any of you guys use uv lights?

My leo just laid two eggs with another clutch comming, how do you guys house your babies? I heard about heat tape on a rubber maid, What does it look like and how does it work?

[Tim and Julie B]

Leos don't need UV lighting because they are nocturnal. A regular buld is all you need so that they have a day/night cycle. The UTH is fine on it's own, so long as it provides a hot spot of about 87-89 dgrs. If not, they a heat lamp of very low wattage and be used in combination with a UTH to raise the temp up on the hot side. Most likely the UTH is all you will ever need for them.

Julie

[klein]

i just use an UTH with a florescent bulb for day time light, i found that using a small wattage bulb would raise the heat higher then it was supposed to be, but the florescent didn't raise heat at all ...

Nick

[Ixidor]

Well the guy said that the uv provides the vitamin d that allows the calcium to circulate or something correctly. Another thing my house just had the A/C turned on so im worried the cold side might be to cold. how cold should it be right now its about 70. and what about the baby gecko enclosures?

[Tim and Julie B]

Vitamin D helps a reptile to properly absorb calcium. With noctural species like leos you need to provide them with a multi-vitamin and calcium/D3 powder to dust on thier insects. That eliminates the need for a UV light which they will not use anyways because they don't bask.

Because you have AC you will need to place a small wattage heat lamp (usually a blue or red bulb-15-25 watt, made for reptiles) over the cold end of the tank. 70 is definately too cold. It should be around 80 on the cool side and 87-89 on the hot side. Your babies need the same temp variants, but will suffice in smaller cages/rubbermaids. I use 4 gallon sterilite containers with plenty of ventilation and a UTH for my babies. Works well. I would love to post pics but have no access to a camera.

Hope this helps ya

Julie

[Ixidor]

Thanks julie, gotta go buy a lamp now :)