melvbrooke
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How much heat do they put out?
How cold does it need to be before I considering getting one??
How cold does it need to be before I considering getting one??
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They come in the same wattage as regular light bulbs, just without the light. So you can judge them that way. When temps start dropping below 60 is the time to use supplemental heat at night.
melvbrooke
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I'm probably going to pick one up then. Got to low 60s high 50s last night and winter isn't even here yet.
Last winter I was in a different house so didn't have this problem. I'm personally enjoying it, I sleep better in the cold...but got concerned for my chameleons.
Last winter I was in a different house so didn't have this problem. I'm personally enjoying it, I sleep better in the cold...but got concerned for my chameleons.
SonTigerPantherCham
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are you in the north, central or south part of Calli?
fluxlizard
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I let my night temps drop to 50 at night for all chameleons that I've kept during the winter and it has never been a problem. Most homes never need supplemental night heat for chameleons.
melvbrooke
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I live in nor cal.
melvbrooke
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Hmmm. Im just worried their going to get sick.
fluxlizard
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What species are you keeping?
I've got newly hatched veileds right now at 52 nights.
Currently I've got veileds, panthers and mellers, but I've kept lots of other species over winter the past 20 years with nights near 50 as well.
zerpda
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Hi Fluxlizard,
Hey I also live in NORCAL. I was wondering if there is any number of days that if the tems are in the low 50's at night that you start to worry about temps being too cold. What I mean is say it drops into the low 50's at night for a week or two straight, you still don't worry about it being too cold even for your babies? I have a baby jackson and veiled and I don't want to freeze them out. I was just starting to consider supplemental heat at night.
Hi Fluxlizard,
Hey I also live in NORCAL. I was wondering if there is any number of days that if the tems are in the low 50's at night that you start to worry about temps being too cold. What I mean is say it drops into the low 50's at night for a week or two straight, you still don't worry about it being too cold even for your babies? I have a baby jackson and veiled and I don't want to freeze them out. I was just starting to consider supplemental heat at night.
beeze
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I use a ceramic bulb for heat when it falls below 65. If you have babies I would definitely get a ceramic bulb and not let them fall below 65 or maybe even 68.
fluxlizard
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I would only worry if your day temps aren't getting above 70 and you've got a lot of cloud cover as well for days at a time along with the cooler night temps so they can't warm in the sun during the day if they are outdoors. If they are indoors they should be fine as long as you've got normal basking temps available during the day.
My situation-
Currently I've got baby veileds right out of the egg who have had temps at night very low 50s already. They are thriving. I've only got a couple of pics on my blog of them, but I posted a few last week.
These are far from the first- I've been doing this for many years now (started bringing things outdoors summers in the mid 1990s.)
In the latter part of september and if the lizards are still outdoors that year the first part of october (this year they had to come in around the first- sometimes I get a week or 10 days of outdoors still in october, depending on whether night temps remain above 50), I get those kinds of temperatures . In the middle of winter from december through february, indoors in my lizard building night temps are also like that(51-54). And even background day temps can be rather cool- mid 60s to low 70s (that's building temp, not necessarily cage temps which are probably a little warmer during the day in some parts at least from ambient heat away from the direct light off the lamps). For weeks and weeks at a time- December, January, February- all have temps like that and sometimes even the first part of march. The chameleons do fine. And then again in May for a week or two I often have temps like that.
I don't do anything special for babies temperature wise- never have. I treat the babies like the adults when it comes to temperature, except I make darn sure they can escape the basking lights/sunlight. I do provide more water to babies so they don't dehydrate in the heat.
Of course- do what you feel comfortable with for your animals in your situation. I'm just sharing my experience...
Obviously I don't think this advice necessary, - but see above- do what you are comfortable with- but for jacksons especially I'd recommend letting night temps drop at least a little lower than 68... jacks do much better with bigger temp swings. I don't breed these guys any more, but I did go a few generations in the past with them.
Edit- just checked some eggs and realized my panther chameleons bred and laid eggs in February this past winter. That means they bred and laid when night temps were in the lower 50s in the building. I got this pair the year before in early spring and they were small enough to be shipped in ketchup cups when they arrived and had to be fed 1/8" insects. I put them immediately outdoors into night temps of barely above 50 the first couple of weeks they were here.
So for whatever it is worth to you...
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