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echodive wrote: Now since direct heat on the enclosure is not advised, I have big 1.2mx35cmx35cm show case (I build mine myself). You can take one like they use for the bigger reptiles.
I then have 3 heating pads inside the case to keep the air in there nice and cozy. I then have my Ts in the case, the ambient temp of the inside will keep the enclosure nice and warm. Good idea to have a thermometer or two in there to find your hot and cold spots. The heating pads is more kind to provide a nice even temp, where a light will give you hotspots. If the room is cold, you might need more heating pads.
Hope this helps.
You can try this method /\
But if you have a larger collection and space is an issue then you can heat your room!
I cann't see why you wouldn't be able to stick a heating pad to an acrylic cage. I have bred snakes for many years now and have used acrylic cages with heating pads before. And never had any problems with the heating pads on them.
I don't know what these acrylic cages that you are interested look like, but I would like to mention that they tend to scrath and stain very easy and in the long run tend to become hazzy and hard te see through.
What is the Watt of the heating pad you are looking to get? Because some one in the forum addvised me not to use one with to high a Watt rating.
There will be 2 pads of 16W total for a 600x300x300mm cage. As acrylic is less heat conductive than glass, I'm thinking of sticking the pad onto a sheet of glass that's cut to the pads size and burying it inside under the substrate instead of simply sticking it to the outside?
You will have to experiment and see what works best for the setup. But as I said earlier you will find that the T will most probably dig a hole where the heating pads are and that might put it in risk of over heating. Espesially if you intend on putting them inside the cage.
Yip, guess experimenting is pretty much what all of us do in some way or another.
I'm however not too concerned that the T will cook itself. I mean, if it is smart enough to dig at the warmest spot, it surely is smart enough to get out of there if it gets too hot... That's the reason you don't heat pad the entire terrarium so as to allow the T to decide where he is comfortable.
