Hi Andrea,
If it is not from the Bean Farm or Radio Shack I would give the Bean Farm a call
and see if it is a good one or a piece of junk that you should not trust. Kinda
important for those scaley guys!
Julie Bergman
http://www.geckoranch.com
GGA lifetime member
Andrea wrote:
> 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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