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Hi all-
i have a few new leos that have hatched and need a bigger enclosure. i know a lot of people use rubbermaid containers for leos. Can you use a UTH with those or will it melt the plastic?
If I get a rubber maid container how tall do the sides have to be so i do not get any escapees. Granted these are newborns but still...
Thanks for your help!
Jon
A lot of us that use rubbermaid containers do it in a rack system, and I personally use covers on mine (Mainly because I'm not that good of a carpenter and my rack shelves are not perfect-fitting). I had to drill holes in the sides for air, but oh well. If you do use an UTH, three words: THERMOSTAT THERMOSTAT THERMOSTAT. Do not even think about using one without it. I actually use flexwatt in my rack, and it doesn't get that hot anyway, but I still have a thermostat because it runs about 100 degrees. I would say for leo about 12 inches should be plenty, and put the hide and stuff in the middle so they can't use that for support to get out.
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Brian Skibinski
Milwaukee Reptiles
What is Flexwatt? I am not familiar with that...
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