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Im very familiar with under the tank heat etc but i was wondering if anybody is using the radiant heat panels, I hear they are pretty damn good if they work how they are advertised.

I am asking because i got a new enclosure and im trying to figure out how to heat it.

thx
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Russ
1.0 Basset Hound (Goofy)
1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Apollo)
1.0 Columbian Rainbow Boa (Odin)
1.0 Guyana Red-Tail Boa (Ares)
0.1 Pastel Salmon Boa (Minerva)
0.1 Rosy Boa (Athena)
0.1 Dumeril (Puzzle)
2.6 leopard Geckos (breeders)
0.1 Sandfire Beardy (breeder)
0.0.1 White Throat
Melbourne, Fl

ask dave he has some or go to the link i provide this is what im gona do for a few of my big snakes since im gonna end up building a wood cages i will be getting a radiant heat panel for my green tree when he/she moves into her adult cage
but for my 4 foot boa cages and my 4 foot carpet cages i will be using that mesh with lightbulbs
light bulb protector

i was referring to something more like this

http://www.pro-products.com/proheat.html

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Russ
1.0 Basset Hound (Goofy)
1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Apollo)
1.0 Columbian Rainbow Boa (Odin)
1.0 Guyana Red-Tail Boa (Ares)
0.1 Pastel Salmon Boa (Minerva)
0.1 Rosy Boa (Athena)
0.1 Dumeril (Puzzle)
2.6 leopard Geckos (breeders)
0.1 Sandfire Beardy (breeder)
0.0.1 White Throat
Melbourne, Fl

dave uses in some of his cages if i rememebr right and i will be using for my green tree the other thign was option two if you didnt wanna spend the cash lol but i havent heard anythign bad about heat panels yet i just havent bought mine yet cause i dont have a use for it yet

he loves them. He has them in his oak breeding cages and has pretty nice control over the temps. Besides Dave I think Jeff may have used them also at one time or another. Here's the link

Pro Products

I use Pro-Products radiant heat in all of my chondro cages. They are very nice. I'd be a little hesitant to use them in my BRB enclosures because the rainbows spend so much time on the ground. Dave uses them and gets away with it just fine because his compartments are a little smaller 18" vs. 24? I like the idae because it creates much more of a gradient on the cage rather than a warm spot / cold spot with floor heat. Wife's calling, gotta go. Maybe more later.
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Mike Lockwood
www.tooscaley.com

sorry to steal a thread here lol but instead of startiong a new one i highjacked anywhso i went out and bout the reptile magazine witht he condros and HOLY SH!T lol havent read it yet to busy trying no to drool all over the darn thing lol that black/blue/green girl is fricken insaine i want one go make me some please lol the black one is cool to those are every1s fav lol

Yeah, I have several animals from Greg Maxwell. I have a sib to that insane black/blue/green snake. I forget if it mentions this but that snake also has ties to the albino. Greg is trying to prove her this year but it looks like it may have to wait till next year. My sib just turned out to be a male so right now, I'm onthe lookout for a female with lots of black to pair up with him.
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Mike Lockwood
www.tooscaley.com

very cool not sure if it mentioned it either been to busy to read just time to page thru pics lol i would die for a green tree like that one specialy if it was tame omg lol i love tame animals that attracts me alot to them besides just color and pattern specialy since my animals are pets not trophies or breeders stuck in a bin 24/7 now i have to find a way to get the black conro and that crazy one we are tlaking about from him hmm wonder if he takes insainly high offers just dont tell him the checks are rubber and bounce like crazy lol

I switched my wooden cages over to RHP's a year ago and they work GREAT. Definitely reccommend them!!!!!!
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

I was looking at these ones from big apple herp because . . well they are cheaper!

Does anyone have any idea about what size i would need for a 4'x2.2'x1' enclosure? its going to be ~72* without heat.

big apple has 3 sizes. . 11x11 @ 24 watts 11x17 @ 40 watts and
23x 11 @ 54 watts . . . . .
Link

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Russ
1.0 Basset Hound (Goofy)
1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Apollo)
1.0 Columbian Rainbow Boa (Odin)
1.0 Guyana Red-Tail Boa (Ares)
0.1 Pastel Salmon Boa (Minerva)
0.1 Rosy Boa (Athena)
0.1 Dumeril (Puzzle)
2.6 leopard Geckos (breeders)
0.1 Sandfire Beardy (breeder)
0.0.1 White Throat
Melbourne, Fl

Is 1' the height dimension? If so, and if you're planning on mounting the panel to, let's say, the upper right part of the cage, I'd go with the 11x17 plugged into a herpstat or helix.

Another reason I like the Pro-Products ones is because Bob Pound is such a great guy to talk to. He's very knowlegeable about which of his panels to use in which applications.

Other chondro folks have said that the big apple ones work well too.
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Mike Lockwood
www.tooscaley.com

thanks for the suggestion , yea its 1' in hight. i guess ill go with the 11x17 one
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Russ
1.0 Basset Hound (Goofy)
1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Apollo)
1.0 Columbian Rainbow Boa (Odin)
1.0 Guyana Red-Tail Boa (Ares)
0.1 Pastel Salmon Boa (Minerva)
0.1 Rosy Boa (Athena)
0.1 Dumeril (Puzzle)
2.6 leopard Geckos (breeders)
0.1 Sandfire Beardy (breeder)
0.0.1 White Throat
Melbourne, Fl

i have a radient healt panel and control from big apple. Easy to read numbers and easy to use, great so far and the cheapest so far.
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1.4 various boas(Flicka,Felony,Nova,Alias,Alibi,confessa,custody,Ms.Demeanor)
0.1 BRB Abalone; ABBI
1.0 Rott X (OSO)
2.0 cats (Simba, Morris)
fish & feeders