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What is the best way to heat a melamie cage? From the bottom or heat lights from the top? I am not sure how a heatmat would affect the bottom?
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Thanks Dawn
1.1 Veiled (Moe and Isis)
0.1 Helmeted Iguana (Louie)
0.1 Southern Toad (Tiny)
1.1 Bearded Dragon (Joker and Jewel)
1.0 Rescued Adult Iguana (Gomez)
0.0.1 Water Dragon (Igor)
0.0.2 Crested Gecko (Lollipop and Bubblegum)
1.0 Boxer mix (Tucker the reptile guard dog)
3.1 Cats (Buffy, Spike, London, and Lilly)

heat pad inside on the bottom works good...the heat wont hurt melamine...just make sure you use a thermostat or dimmer if needed...

>>heat pad inside on the bottom works good

You mean like a heat pad that would normaly be stuck to the bottom of an aquarium.

What I am dealing with here is a cage for my new ball python. It is two sections that stack on top of each other. The top already houses my water dragon but the bottom part is being rebuilt with better construction and being made snake proof.

I am using aspen substrate for him, will I have a problem if the heat mat is inside the cage?
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Thanks Dawn
1.1 Veiled (Moe and Isis)
0.1 Helmeted Iguana (Louie)
0.1 Southern Toad (Tiny)
1.1 Bearded Dragon (Joker and Jewel)
1.0 Rescued Adult Iguana (Gomez)
0.0.1 Water Dragon (Igor)
0.0.2 Crested Gecko (Lollipop and Bubblegum)
1.0 Boxer mix (Tucker the reptile guard dog)
3.1 Cats (Buffy, Spike, London, and Lilly)

Go to beanfarm.com and look at there ultratherm heat pads.
They are very good, and priced well.
They will work fine inside your cage, i have used them with no problems. They say that you dont need to use a dimmer or thermostat but i have found that they get to hot without one. A dimmer works just fine and is easy