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I've had 2 for 7 years, with no heat. I live in NY, and they are both females. They have fat tails, are active, and good eaters. Got them as neonates when I was little, like 10, lol.
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0.0.1 Chrysemys picta picta (Eastern Painted Turtle)
0.0.1 Teliqua gigas (Indonesian Blue Tongue Skink)
0.2.0 Eublepharis macularius (Leopard Geckos)
0.0.1 Nerodia sipedon (Northern Water Snake)
0.0.1 Rhacodactylus ciliatus (Crested Gecko)
?.?.? Assorted goldfish, minnows and guppies
1.0.0 Ferret
1.1.0 Cats
1.0.0 Aussie Cattle Dog/ Border Collie Mix

Heat is needed to denature (change the structure of) proteins in order to break them down in the digestion process. For example, if you eat a frozen meatball, it holds the same amount of nutrients as a warm cooked meatball, but you won't get as much nutrition from the cold one because it's harder for you to digest. To a point, your body can regulate the temperature in digestion, but reptiles don't have that internal ability. The result is your leopards probably aren't getting optimal nutrition no matter what you feed them and it probably took them a LONG time to hit full grown size.
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chickabowwow

Do they really need heat???? I dont know....
Do YOU need water???
Do YOU need food???
Do YOU need heat???

Give them some heat so they can properly digest their food....
You have got to be kidding me with that question....

ok... just seemed that since they've been fine for 7 years lol...

I'll get a heat pad or something.
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0.0.1 Chrysemys picta picta (Eastern Painted Turtle)
0.0.1 Teliqua gigas (Indonesian Blue Tongue Skink)
0.2.0 Eublepharis macularius (Leopard Geckos)
0.0.1 Nerodia sipedon (Northern Water Snake)
0.0.1 Rhacodactylus ciliatus (Crested Gecko)
?.?.? Assorted goldfish, minnows and guppies
1.0.0 Ferret
1.1.0 Cats
1.0.0 Aussie Cattle Dog/ Border Collie Mix