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In the past, reptile keepers would simply plug in their heat mats directly into a wall socket or power strip, turn it on, then forget about it. However, as this practice became widespread, so did the cases of thermal burns in geckos and snakes. If you don’t want your pet to become part of such…

Have you heard of deep heat projectors and wondered if you should use them? Are they safe? Do they really improve your gecko’s overall well-being? The reptile-keeping community has come quite a long way in terms of husbandry practices and standards. As a result, numerous companies have been releasing innovative heat sources as the so-called…

Halogen heat lamps and ceramic heat emitters have long existed outside the reptile-keeping community. But with the ever-growing push towards the use of halogens in leopard gecko tanks in recent years, ceramic heaters have steadily lost their popularity―even becoming infamous. So are halogens really better than ceramics and do ceramics deserve such a bad reputation?…

Considering all the hype around the use of halogen heat lamps and deep heat projectors within the reptile-keeping community, will the operation of ceramic heat emitters or CHEs become obsolete? Are they even worth trying out and using? In general, ceramic heat emitters are a good supplementary heating source in a leopard gecko tank. The…

Geckos need heat lamps to keep their body temperature within healthy levels. Halogen lamps are the closest you can get to giving your leopard gecko a sun-like heat source. But once you discover how many specific types there actually are, it’s hard to choose the perfect one – that is, unless you know exactly what…

If you ever thought that spraying your gecko is a great idea, you are in the right place! Hopefully, you will change your mind. However, please avoid it if you do not want to trigger stomach aches in your reptile (or even worse). Misting leopard and crested gecko is unsafe practice because of possible: gastrointestinal…

When reptile heat lamps and heat mats are put up against each other, which will be the winner?? A handful of keepers and breeders still think and claim that these products stand on equal footing with each other, but this couldn’t be any farther from the truth! Overall, a heat lamp functions better and more…

Heat lamps, basking lamps, daytime lamps, sun lamps, infrared lamps, and halogen lamps: are all of these really that different? Choosing the perfect heat lamp for your leopard gecko is definitely not an easy affair but it is manageable once you get the basics down – especially with halogen heat lamps. An average halogen bulb…

Heat rocks, also known as hot rocks, have become extremely notorious within the reptile-keeping community over the years – burns, hot spots, fires. But is all the hate it’s getting actually reasonable or is it all just due to social media exposure? Well, we have science to answer that! As a whole, the use of…