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Chris Vanderwees
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Heat tape (and probably cable) easily break 100 degress Farenheit. Thanks to Ray Bradbury, most of us know that paper burns at 451 degrees F. So odds are your wooden or plastic rack won't melt, but your animals will likely overheat and possibly burn.

The rheostat / thermostat is as essential to herpetoculture as the aquarium or snake.

Joel
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Well...I just figured that the ol' heating cable (for unfreezing pipes) will not work as almost all models have built in thermostats that turn on at 45 degrees which will not work at all. And unfortunetly, heat tape...I suppose because of past accidents has been banned in Canada.

So, my next best thought to heat a rack is to buy some inexpensive heat therapy pads (the ones from a drug store that people use for sore muscles...plug in the wall...usually with three settings of dry heat)

I figure they run at about 18 bucks canadian (12 american) and I can heat probably two tupperware tubs with one...as the tubs will be side by side...of course this means for my rack of 12 tubs, I'll have to invest in at least 6 of them.

Has anyone tried using these for reptiles and if so, how are they for being run everyday for up to 12 hours a day?

Other heating suggestions would be appreciated....

Thanks.
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Chris Vanderwees
REPTILE SALES AND INFORMATION
E-mail Me
1.3.0 Bearded Dragons
1.2.0 Green Basilisks
1.1.0 Crested Geckos
1.3.0 Veiled Chameleons
1.1.0 Corn Snakes
1.0.0 Tokay Geckos
0.0.1 California Kingsnakes
2.7.0 Leopard Geckos
0.1.0 Green Iguanas
1.1.0 Savannah Monitors

Well, I live in Canada as well, I don't think that the heattape is illegal here, I just think its illegal to sell it since its not CSA approved.

I have ordered it online from a few different vendors (whose names I don't recall, but possibly beanfarm was one of them), and they ship it here.

I have also used human heat pads and left them on consistently for weeks at a time. You should still check the temperature with a digital thermometer since even on "low" it could get too hot.

What's wrong with UTH's on rheostats? You don't have to stick them to the bottom of the tanks if you don't want to. There are many ways around it.

Joel
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0.1 Okeetee Corn Snake
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