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I bought two of them where the hell do i put em. i have my own wood build enclousure for may ball python. and in toght it was goin to be thios easy thing but i cant figure out where to put it. does any one have pictures of this in their tanks .

That heat cable thing our reffering to gets HOTTTTTT!!!!!!!!! and unless you are going to use a GOOD thermostat you may burn the wood and start a fire!!!

I would be very cautious when placing any heat source on or in a wooden enclosure......

I built a rack many many years ago out of plywood.......and i had a small heat pad on it.........which melted a 5 inch hole in the rubbermaid container & scorched the wood rack.......to the point that flames were eminent...........thankfully there was not a snake in the container...

I would say to get a Glass aquarium at the very least for your snake.........its safer to heat not to mention it is MUCH more sanitary.......when a snake urinates & deficates there is a lot of liquid waste that just seeps into the wood never to be removed/cleaned........and it also gives parasites a place to hide and nest.......

Go for glass.......or look in the classifieds for one of the PVC type cages they are making now........

Stay SAFE!!!!!!!!! and happy herping!

Jared horenstein

MY DAD BUILD THAT FOR ME AND I WOULD FEEL BAD REPLACING IT.BUT I ALSO HAVE OTHER SNAKES AND I WANT SOMETHING THAT STACKABLE MY ROOM IS NOT THAT BIG. EASY TO CLEAL AND SPEACIOUS ENOUGH FOR THE SNAKE TO THERMO REGULATE. ANY IDEAS OR PICS.