Winter's around the corner...

[2oh1]

and my large critter cage isn't warming up as much as i thought it would. I'm using a heating pad and the opposite side where the water pool is it stays at about 75 degrees max. My frog has been in the water bowl since last night and its pretty cold, and he feels just as cold which makes me feel bad =/. now the question that i wanna ask is should i just go straight to the 10 gallan tank. He's a baby still but i no if i get the 10 gallon tank i can get a bigger heater so the temperature won't be so cold. its not even full blown winter, but at the same time the land lord hasn't put the radiator on either. I'm concerned and i no Grif, BG, and all the other helpful members always answer my questions so once again I'm asking for ur opinions guys another question is should i feed my frog at a certain time every night? like 830 or something? and should i move him out the water bowl?

[John]

The time you feed him doesn't matter, but he might get used to being fed at a certain time and be all ready and waiting.

As for heating, you could move him (no harm) or you could try a low wattage incandescent bulb to boost temperatures during the day.

[2oh1]

thanks john greatly appreciate it

[GrifTheGreat]

I agree completely with John. As long as you feed your Pac at night it doesn't matter what time and as for heating I always use UTH on the sides of my tanks and use heat lamps for day and night. Day time bulbs like basking lights to help heat the enclosures. Infrared heat bulbs at night. The UTH should be the constant heat source. You can buy lamps with a dimmer switch so you can adjust the heat and amount of light coming from the lamp. I use that type. Its good for keeping the enclosures exactly calibrated the way you want. I use 50 watt bulbs.

[2oh1]

I agree completely with John. As long as you feed your Pac at night it doesn't matter what time and as for heating I always use UTH on the sides of my tanks and use heat lamps for day and night. Day time bulbs like basking lights to help heat the enclosures. Infrared heat bulbs at night. The UTH should be the constant heat source. You can buy lamps with a dimmer switch so you can adjust the heat and amount of light coming from the lamp. I use that type. Its good for keeping the enclosures exactly calibrated the way you want. I use 50 watt bulbs.

u think it'll be safe for the critter cage he's in? thats the reason why I'm thinking about getting the glass tank now even tho its probably going to be huge for the little guy.

[Sublime]

If it's a plastic lid, not exactly. If you decide to use some sort of heat lamp on top, buy a lamp stand (Zoo-Med makes one) to suspend the light fixture over the desirable area. If your new glass tank has some sort of aluminum mesh lid then your fine. Just nothing like nylon mesh, or any other type of plastic. For a 10 gallon, a 50 watt incandescent bulb is fine. If the lamp fixture doesn't come with a dimmer switch, you can pick one up at a hardware store to adjust the heat where you want it, like Grif mentioned. I believe only some bulbs are adjustable and incandescent is one of them. Not a fluorescent, etc.

[Heatheranne]

I ended up putting two small heat matts on either side of one corner. Tank loves to dig and nap in that corner now that it's chilly. I have found that I have to mist an extra time throughout the day to keep the humidity up.

[Heatheranne]

Here's a few pics.