I just built a rack for hatchlings out of melamine. I am going to heat from the back with rope light. I am debating how though. I am thinking since I left about 4 inches behind the shelves to put peg board connected to boards on the inside and connect the rope light through the holes using zip ties. This sounds easy but then came problems what about the reflectix? should I poke holes to connect the zip ties through that? I hope this makes sense. my last problem is how do I prevent the light from hitting the animals? I was thinking aluminum but that seems like it would stop almost all the heat from hitting the animals. Then I thought something dark color to absorb the light. I thought construction paper then said no that might be a fire hazard. What do you think? I know you made one chris how did you deal with it?
P.s don't worry about how the peg boards are connected to teh sides it is hard to explain, and I will put the rope light on a dimmer.
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thanks Josh
0.0.2 sandfish skinks,
0.0.1 texas long nose luckily eating mice
0.0.1 vine snake
1.1.0 turtles
0.1.0 greek tortoise
1.0.0 ball python
1.0.0 corn snake
1.1.0 childrens python (one needs a vet please close to 48301 or 48302 any suggestions?)
1.0.0 het for albino san diego gopher snake
0.0.1 rosehair tarantula
0.1. black and white kenyan sand boa
mice colony almost able to keep up with snakes.
and what ever lizards my vine snake hasn't eaten yet
