It gets 60 degrees F in my house at night. Do i need to put a night light on my panthers cage to keep the temp a bit warmer in her cage or is 60 ok? Thnaks!
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Night Temps
Chaman
Mar 03, 2005 09:15 AM
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small_town36
Mar 03, 2005 10:24 AM
I would say that 60 farenheight would be fine for a night time temperature as long as it doesnt really get any lower than that. What i do sometimes if its a cool night which doesnt happen very often is use my small heat blanket at nightime and it raises it a few degrees.
Carlton
Mar 04, 2005 11:34 AM
60 is fine. Even if it gets a couple of degrees cooler once in a while I wouldn't worry. Your cham will just need to bask a bit longer the next morning. If you know it is going to be a chilly night don't feed your cham late in the day. Undigested food will sit in the gut fermenting a bit longer when it takes the cham longer to warm up the next day and there could be more bacterial growth. Generally it is better not to feed them late in the afternoon anyway.
