How hot is too hot for hatching.?..

[vanilla13gorilla]

Just wandering what is the recommended high temps should be during the day in a closed enclosure?. During the daytime, the basking lamp is 105 degrees, ambient 93 degrees with 78% humidity. Humid hide, 92% humidity.. night time it drops to 83 degrees, ambient, with high 80% humidity overall.. I was worried that the daytime temps are too hot.. basking lamp is a 100 watt bulb. Might lower it to a 75 watt??. That would drop the ambient temps a bit and the basking temps should drop by a few degrees.. humidity should rise a bit as the temp lowers, maybe by a few points..

Any suggestions would be wonderful..

Thanks guys..

 

[Tom]

I set my leopard's thermostat to drop no lower than 80. During the day all the heating and lighting push the ambient up to the low 90's on a warm day. This has worked just fine for me. Once warmer weather returns, you might need to drop the wattage of your basking bulb. My closed chambers are 4x8' and I only use a 65 watt flood bulb for basking. I also use a 48" florescent tube for lighting and its on the same timer as the heat lamp.

 

[vanilla13gorilla]

Thanks Tom, I run a Acadia 12% T5 uvb, VERY NICE BULB BY THE WAY, with a daylight tube.. same height as the basking... around 20" above grade. It's all encased in a aquarium style hood that houses the heaters, and 12vdc fans, that help gets the heat down to grade, and a 120vac thermostat set to 95 degrees.. all out of sight and tucked into the hood.. it's pretty much air tight with a few vents I made that can be opened a bit to help cool it down. The roon the closure is in is 65 degrees on a good day and dips to 60 at night with with very dry air.. when summer rolls around, I have outside enclosures ready to be built..I don't think our Nebraska winters will do well with the Leo's.. I'm just worried they will COOK in this hot enclosure..

 

[Tom]

They won't cook with a 93 degree ambient daytime temp. Make sure things are good and humid and soak daily.

People in Phoenix, AZ have their leopards outside year round and its 110+ nearly every day there in summer. The leopards just hide out in the shade all day, but they survive those temps just fine.

 

[vanilla13gorilla]

Got it, just being so young I was worried about their morality. I know when they get older, they are more stable. Ohh, good old AZ weather. I went to ASU in Tempe, AZ for college.. man, those were hot years!!.

Thanks for the help Tom..

 

[BeeBee*BeeLeaves]

... just being so young I was worried about their morality. I know when they get older, they are more stable.

Sorry. Spell check giggle. I know you meant "mortality", especially with a hatchling. But this was funny. Sounds like something a parent would say, about us human kids.

 

[vanilla13gorilla]

... just being so young I was worried about their morality. I know when they get older, they are more stable.

Sorry. Spell check giggle. I know you meant "mortality", especially with a hatchling. But this was funny. Sounds like something a parent would say, about us human kids.

HA!!!.. I just got it, WHEW!!,,, Morality, who would guess?

Thanks Guys for the feedback..