Putting reptiles in small enclosure is a bad idea because they don't get enough temperature gradients. the smallest I go is 20 gallon long...if I can help it. For small babies I do keep them in 10 gallon tanks until they outgrow them. These bulbs that I mentioned they come in different wattage. If memory serves me right, the lowest I've seen are the 45 watts... But that's not a problems I can hook them up in to a dimmer and adjust it for smaller cages that babies are kept. But I don't think you can hook the ceramic heating element to a dimmer if I remember correctly. One thing good about the ceramic heating element is: they don't dry out the cage like light bulbs do, so if the wattage is a little high, I would imagine that wouldn't be much of a problem if you have a big enough enclosure providing them with different temperature gradient. Even for snake, I like going larger than a lot of the breeders. I think providing them a lot of options is important. I've seen ball pythons kept in teeny cages by some breeders.

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