02/08/2025
Tonight, we unfortunately learned a very hard lesson.
We here at RRE Reptiles try our absolute hardest to provide the best husbandry for our reptiles.
But, in that pursuit, we relied too heavily on electronics to create these perfect environments and it backfired on us tonight.
One of our BN Link thermostats faulted on, letting a heater we were using to run uninterrupted, allowing the temps to reach nearly 100Β° in the room before we caught it.
Because of this, we lost our precious female Cat Gecko, Amira.
We are so grateful we did not loose any of our other reptiles, but we are still devasted about this loss as we were actively breeding her.
The blame is partially on us as well. We trusted and relied too much on these electronics, and despite having a live thermometer in the room, we did not have temp alerts setup.
One loss is too many for us, so we are changing things up here at the Red Rocks Den and improving our system so this never happens again.
Please learn from us and always have fail-safes in place for your pets!