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Hello,
I am looking to heat my burms cage with temperature and cost effeciancy. Her cage is 7' long by 3' deep and approx. 21" high inside.

Although an expensive investment, I was hoping to use an 18" by 28" Kane heat mat but I am doubtful it will create sufficent heat to keep her enclosure warm enough even if it warms her up enough for digestion.

My next thought was to use ceramic heat emitters but these are much harder on electricity, but I have heard great things about them.

Will that Kane heat mat warm up the enclosure enough?
Any other ideas for heating welcome!

Radiant Heat Panels.

That's all I use, because my cages are in the basement and the room temperature can go down to 66 in the winter. If I try a heat mat of any kind I'll just get a hot spot in a cold cage -- the mat will do little or nothing to warm the cage air. Since I need to not only create the proper basking spot but warm up the entire cage, including the cool end, I use RHPs.

I have them in cages as small as 12 x 12 x 24h to as ;large as 72 x 30 x 18h. The panels come in many sizes.

I use Pro Products RHPs, and have been using them since the early 1990s. Never a problem, and my original panels are still in use today. Excellent service -- I can call Bob at Pro Products and he makes sure I get the correct panel for the cage size, the room temperature, and the animal.

Bill

I used to use ceramic heat emitters for a few years. They worked fine, but the electric bills were high, and the temperature variance in my 4x2x2 cages were too broad. It would be 80 on the cool side(too low), and over 100 under the lamp. I also couldn't stack my cages when using the CHE's. I bought a pair of RHP's to try them out, and quickly switched all of my cages to them. I also use the one's by Pro-Products, and I love them.
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A Kane heat pad can make a fine radiant heat panel if the cage height is low enough. For your 21" high cage, you would have to build a shroud to decrease the cage height by about 9 inches.

Kanes have convenient mounting holes along the perimeter of the heat pad. Just bolt it to the ceiling, warm side facing down, and there is your RHP, as long as the cage height is low enough.

Or just get an RHP and be done with it.