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markg
at Wed Sep 17 11:15:06 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by markg ]
Use 11"-wide Flexwatt under the cage, all the way across. If the cage sits on a hard floor, lay a piece of styrene foam insulation down first, then the heat tape then the cage. Use a dimmer or better yet a proportional controller. I like Big Apple Herp's controller alot. You will need to fix the sensor onto the heat tape, so either cut a notch out of the foam insulation for the sensor or leave some heat tape jutting out from under the cage to attach the sensor to.
If your room is cold, you'll need to also use a heat lamp or ceramic bulb to heat the air in the cage some. A cold cage with a warm floor only is fine for temperate zone colubrids but not for reptiles from warmer areas. Use a dimmer on the heat lamp or ceramic for best results.
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Mark 
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RE: Best Way to heat a Vision Cage and a Woma. Please advise..... - markg, Wed Sep 17 11:15:06 2003