I stuck the heat pad (sticky side) to the 3mm thick Sintra (what we all call 1/8" and that is the surface I expose to the animal. The other side I did 6mm (or 1/4" - that is the side facing down in the cage. It likely does not matter what you do, but the above formula yields a good amount of heat out the top. If you want less heat on top, use the 1/4" Sintra for the exposed surface and the 1/8" for the bottom piece.



BTW, the strips I used for the spacers between top and bottom piece are 1/8" Sintra.



You can do this same approach with Flexwatt or any heat pad really. I just happen to like the sizes of the ZooMed pads, and I had some on hand not being used, so I went with those.



Wires in cages for these pads go up and out near the top. When I tried the wire exits at the cage bottom, the snakes excreted on them sometimes. Now I just go up and out and live with seeing the cord.



>>what thickness of sintra did you use? this sounds like its pretty easy to do also, i think this will be my best option, as i could move them around as needed and even put them in hide boxes and whatnot. Also how did you route cables? groove in door?
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