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Night Temp Drop Necessary?

epilover Dec 25, 2004 08:39 PM

If I have ZERO intentions to breed my herps, is it really necessary to drop the temps at night to keep them healthy? I have one ball python and two leopard geckos. Both have a warm side of 88-90 degrees using a UTH with incandescent lamps overhead on a herpstat thermostat, and a cool side of about 78. The herpstat keeps the lamps at 88deg at all times on the warm side, and the UTH (warm side) is kept at 95 with a rheostat. Both tanks have a day/night photoperiod of course, but no night temp drop. Will my herps be ok without a night temp drop, or am I harming them?

--Benn

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oldherper Dec 25, 2004 09:51 PM

If you don't intend to breed them, then a night drop is not necessary. It wouldn't hurt anything, but it's not necessary.
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