Belly heat.

[gozetec02]

This weekend I am building an enclosure for Jojo. He is getting bigger by the week now and his 90QT Sterilite is getting a bit cramped. I am building it out of 1/2" Aspen board. Its already cut to size at 2'X4' sheets so I am just going to make it 4'x2'x12"(WxLxH).

I am also thinking about putting a removable shelf inside the enclosure figuring that it will give him even more floor space and so i can get him out if he is under it.

I plan on using Water based paint to paint the entire thing black so its nice and dark inside.

My big delima is how to heat such an enclosure? Any suggestions?

[tdragon]

my cage is 4x2x2 and i use a combo of a human heat pad inside on 24/7 and a heat lamp during the day.making it out of wood will help the wood will help keep the heat inside

[gozetec02]

I wanted to use something a litte thinner then a human heating pad. I was actually thinking about Flexwatt.

[Marla]

You can put either one inside the cage and create a false floor above it of plastic pegboard or an acrylic sheet or something smiliar to prevent the snake from coming into direct contact with it.

[jotay]

Or route out the bottom underside and install heat cable like Animal plastics does w/ there cages. Works great