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markg
at Tue Sep 1 14:42:25 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by markg ]
How lucky, can't go wrong with cabinet-grade material and professional tools. You may want to go 12 inches deep on the cage rather than 10 inches.
You may want to use a ceramic heat emitter - cut an 8 1/2 inch hole on the cage top, cover with screen, and place an 8 1/2 inch dome on top. For a green tree python, this type of heating is more effective than floor heat for obvious reasons.
If you want to use floor heat, I recommend cutting a rectangle out of the floor. Then cover the entire floor with something - the easiest material to work with is closed cell PVC (aka "Sintra" which you can get online or from sign shops. You can use 1/4 inch thick material and use caulk to seal around it. Now you can stick a heat pad under the cage under the plastic floor. Much easier to heat this way. ----- Mark
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