Night temperature?

[Abbie'sAnimalMagic97]

hi everyone,

I have a male ambilobe panther who is around 11 months old he is my first chameleon and is a lovely boy very friendly and is doing well!
What I'm concerned about is night temperature, I live in Scotland and it is starting to get cold at night. The coldest it has been in my room at night has been 17 degrees Celsius.
I have purchased a ceramic heater for night I just wasn't sure what temperatures it is necisarry to use it at.
Im not sure what the night temperature should be for a male panther if I could get some advice would be much appreciated.

Thank you

 

[Monta]

Hi, Panthers temperatures can go down to the fifties but we use Fahrenheit . That being said 17c. Is 62 here and that’s fine. I do uses a ceramic heater bulb some times. But I’m told I don’t need it . I never keep my house temperatures in the fifties at night anyway.

 

[GregJD]

It has gotten down about that low in my house's reptile section and they've been fine. I got a timer for my heat lamps. It comes on early enough to not wake them up. I have one on each cham and my wife's gecko. They seem to do fine.
You can get one that comes on at different times of the day, so there's nothing that can burn your place down while you are away during the day and it may be warmer. That's the best I've come up with. I live in the Southern US, but it can get pretty cold during the day some winters, so I went with a timer for when I'm gone all day.

They sell night heating bulbs that supposedly give off light lizards can't see, and will keep them warm. You could put one on him there and flip it on at night.

All that said, I usually don't worry about them at night, but I have the lamps come on before I wake up so they'll wake to some warmth.

I know Madagascar is tropical, but I imagine it may get cooler at night than we would think . If you're comfortable enough, It may not hurt them. If you're chili and uncomfortable, I'd get a night bulb.

 

[Monta]

It has gotten down about that low in my house's reptile section and they've been fine. I got a timer for my heat lamps. It comes on early enough to not wake them up. I have one on each cham and my wife's gecko. They seem to do fine.
You can get one that comes on at different times of the day, so there's nothing that can burn your place down while you are away during the day and it may be warmer. That's the best I've come up with. I live in the Southern US, but it can get pretty cold during the day some winters, so I went with a timer for when I'm gone all day.

They sell night heating bulbs that supposedly give off light lizards can't see, and will keep them warm. You could put one on him there and flip it on at night.

All that said, I usually don't worry about them at night, but I have the lamps come on before I wake up so they'll wake to some warmth.

I know Madagascar is tropical, but I imagine it may get cooler at night than we would think . If you're comfortable enough, It may not hurt them. If you're chili and uncomfortable, I'd get a night bulb.

Their aren’t any lights on during the night are their? They like darkness.

 

[snortz21]

I have a female veiled chameleon and although I have a ceramic heater, I don’t have it on at night. Veiled chams can withstand nighttime temps all the way down to the high 40s in Fahrenheit. A nighttime temp drop is actually good for their metabolism, just make sure it gets warm enough (low 90s) for their daytime basking spot.

 

[snortz21]

Their aren’t any lights on during the night are their? They like darkness.

Yes don’t have lights on at night. Chams need total darkness to be able to sleep. If you want additional heat at night, use a ceramic heat emitter since they don’t give off light.

 

[JacksJill]

They sell night heating bulbs that supposedly give off light lizards can't see, and will keep them warm. You could put one on him there and flip it on at night.

Don't use bulbs that show any light at night. Only use ceramic heat emitters if you need heat at night.