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#2077201 Gravel1 View Profile	OMG So I was cleaning my geckos Kritter Keeper yesterday an the heating pad had burnt a hole through the cage so I had to cut the wire and leave it as a bottom until I get a new cage any Ideas of how to heat Kritter Kelpers
09/27/09  02:05pm
#2077203 KrazyKelli View Profile	Message To: Gravel1   In reference to Message Id: 2077201  OMG Kritter Keepers are meant for vet trips and transporting. They are not a living arrangement for a lizard, and are much too small to be. Your best bet is to get a glass tank, which is what those heat pads are designed for. You can also additionally keep feeders in kritter keepers. I believe there is such a thing as a cricket keeper out there for just that purpose.
09/27/09  02:13pm
#2077518 JackAsp View Profile	Message To: KrazyKelli   In reference to Message Id: 2077203  OMG Sounds like a heat pad malfunction, although that critter keeper is too small to have both a warm end and a cool. Surpised the gecko survived, actually. If it’s a nonclimber like a leopard gecko, use a clear plastic storage container. They routinely stand up to heat pads for years on end, somtimes even decades. Having more floorspace to disperse no doubt helps, but still... sounds like you bought a defective heat pad. If you wan to play it safe, though, use a lamp dimmer on it to reduce the heat a bit. Anyway, though, you can get a pretty huge clear tub at Target, Walmart, whatever, for five or ten bucks. They tend to be significantly wider than a tank the same length, which means more floorspace and therefore a happier lizard.
09/28/09  02:04am
#2077847 Gravel1 View Profile	Message To: JackAsp   In reference to Message Id: 2077518  OMG He is three inches and he climbes up walls He is a house gecko and I make the most of his space it has just as much floor length as a 10 gallon with all the stuff in it
09/28/09  06:08pm
#2077854 JackAsp View Profile	Message To: Gravel1   In reference to Message Id: 2077847  OMG Oh. I kept picturing a leo, and could just not figure out how that kind of heat didn’t kill him!
09/28/09  06:21pm
#2077973 Gravel1 View Profile	Message To: JackAsp   In reference to Message Id: 2077854  OMG It took along time to melt it and I touch the mulch on the inside of the cage and it felt just a little warm with heating pad on
09/28/09  09:23pm

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