Yeah I was worried that the dial therm wasn't very accurate. The
indoor/outdoor therm that I'm using now is digital.
At 11:26 AM 12/9/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi Andrea, I assume you are talking about leopard geckos? Below you
describe a
>very unreliable thermometer, the dial type. The other one I can't make a
>judgement call on, if you bought it from Radio Shack it should be pretty
close
>to the right temp if not right on the money.
>
>My suggestion: Throw away the dial thermometer. It cannot be trusted! The
>outdoor "probe" style is much more reliable. You want to place the probe end
>where the geckos are, on the substrate they sit on where ever you want to
>measure. You will need to secure it if you want it there permanently.
>
>For good quality temp/humidity measuring devices, go to Radio Shack or the
Bean
>Farm http://www.beanfarm.com
>
>Julie Bergman
>http://www.geckoranch.com
>GGA Lifetime member
>
>Andrea wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I know that on the warm side that it should be in the upper 80s. I had one
>> of those dial thermometers resting on their hide box on the warm side. And
>> I would keep it around 88 or so. But then the other day I got this indoor/
>> outdoor thermometer. So I put the outdoor sensor *in* the hidebox where
>> they spend most of their day. The temp was only like 70 or so. So when I
>> let it get to 86-88 *in* the hide box, it is 110-115 *on* the hide box.
>> The hide box is one of those black plastic ones that is kinda high so it's
>> not touching their backs. Probably 2-2.5 inches from their back. So now I
>> have a delima. Which temp should I go by? The one that's in the hide box
>> with them? They have another hide box on the cool end and one will be in
>> there sometimes while the other is in the hot one. So I can't tell just by
>> watching which location they stay in what temp is best. Before I increased
>> the heat they were always cold feeling. Now they are cool but not hot.
>> Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
>> Andrea
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