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Hello!
Can anyone give me some input on the leopard hatchling sleeping pattern. Our little one seems to sleep for long time. I came home for lunch the other day and he was still sleeping, gave me a scare. Is that normal? I read somewhere that I should pick him up and wake him every day, or should he continue sleeping? I turn his day light about 8 am to 8 pm. Should I wait till lunch to wake him up or get him up at 8am?
The night temperature is probably around 72F-75F. We are getting new ceramic heat today to gear up for winter temps, I could probably can get temps to 80 at night, or even higher. Again, afraid to cook him up. Although a care sheet we got with him, said low 70 is good. He seems to eat fine when he is up and burrows to go to sleep in various places.
Daytime temps I am still trying to adjust, but the basking (powersun UV) is around 95 - 100F, it disperses to high 80 around it and the other end is 75 or so. I actually have a tile under the moss, and if moss isn't covering a tile, the direct under gets up to 115, so i thought it was too high, covered it with moss and it gets to 95 or so. The vendor suggested a tile.
Humidity about 75-80% on the moss side and I keep it dry on the most of the cypress mulch.
I included a pic. Anything wrong with setup?
Any suggestions are very appreciated.
Can anyone give me some input on the leopard hatchling sleeping pattern. Our little one seems to sleep for long time. I came home for lunch the other day and he was still sleeping, gave me a scare. Is that normal? I read somewhere that I should pick him up and wake him every day, or should he continue sleeping? I turn his day light about 8 am to 8 pm. Should I wait till lunch to wake him up or get him up at 8am?
The night temperature is probably around 72F-75F. We are getting new ceramic heat today to gear up for winter temps, I could probably can get temps to 80 at night, or even higher. Again, afraid to cook him up. Although a care sheet we got with him, said low 70 is good. He seems to eat fine when he is up and burrows to go to sleep in various places.
Daytime temps I am still trying to adjust, but the basking (powersun UV) is around 95 - 100F, it disperses to high 80 around it and the other end is 75 or so. I actually have a tile under the moss, and if moss isn't covering a tile, the direct under gets up to 115, so i thought it was too high, covered it with moss and it gets to 95 or so. The vendor suggested a tile.
Humidity about 75-80% on the moss side and I keep it dry on the most of the cypress mulch.
I included a pic. Anything wrong with setup?
Any suggestions are very appreciated.
