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[Flick boy]

Hi all as it's starting to get colder uk ??. Was wondering where is the best place to put thermostat probe if a ceramic is needed was just over 15degres Celsius this morning. But I've never had a mesh enclosure and can't put it directly on basking spot incase my girl lays on top of it?

 

[Kaizen]

Hi all as it's starting to get colder uk ??. Was wondering where is the best place to put thermostat probe if a ceramic is needed was just over 15degres Celsius this morning. But I've never had a mesh enclosure and can't put it directly on basking spot incase my girl lays on top of it?

Is your enclosure outside?

 

[Flick boy]

No

 

[Kaizen]

No

So, then, 15c overnight is fine for your Cham. I presume your house isn’t 15 all day long.

 

[Flick boy]

No it was around 22 it has dropped to around 18. I have never had a repti breeze and 15 Celsius at the the moment at night is going to drastically drop over the next couple of months

 

[Kaizen]

No it was around 22 it has dropped to around 18. I have never had a repti breeze and 15 Celsius at the the moment at night is going to drastically drop over the next couple of months

How drastically? This is inside your house, right?

 

[Flick boy]

Yeah its a reasonably sized house and an old farm house. So night temps will drop below 10

 

[Kaizen]

Yeah its a reasonably sized house and an old farm house. So night temps will drop below 10

Give him three hours with a basking bulb at 30 degrees in the morning, and don’t sweat the night temps. I drop my whole greenhouse to 8 degrees at night, and that includes my panthers and veileds.

 

[Flick boy]

O her basking bulb is on at 27 for 8 hours 10 am till 6pm then lights off at 8

 

[Kaizen]

To be honest, my veileds see temps approaching frost every spring and fall, before I bring them into the greenhouse, so I really wouldn’t worry about the cold nights. As long as your Cham has the opportunity to warm up during the day, the cool nights are actually really good for him/her...or so I’ve heard ?

 

[Flick boy]

Yeah I know Ia drop is beneficial she's my first cham after other reptiles and just want everything to be right i overthink and worry to much

 

[Kaizen]

I’m 27 chams in, and I still worry and overthink. The ‘c’ in ocd also stands for ‘chameleons’?