heating

I don't know if I can leave it on all the time without it burning the screen.

is the screen wood? then it might burn. a metal mesh screen is on going to burn. maybe paint or dust on the cage... but not the screen.

Right. A real wire screen top won't burn...even when you put a really high watt bulb on it. Wood tops or simple nylon screen is a different story.

what do you mean a real wire screen top?

Made of metal I suspect.




dr del

Sorry :) I meant wire tops for tanks, such as Tough Top and ZooMed screen covers. Those were made to withstand the heat from reptile lamps. If your screen is a homemade top of nylon or aluminum mesh, then it would at least warp under the heat if not melt. In that case, you should hang or clip the lamp over the screen about 6 inches for a basic 20gal. At least, that's the height I was told to keep it at, if I'm wrong PLEASE correct me all you herpers out there.

I'll try that. And my friend suggested that I put a towel over half of the cold side to keep some heat in the cage. Would that work?

Best thing to do to retain heat and humidity would be to set your top up like the one in this sticky

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=32800

I followed that setup and it works perfectly. :)

Good luck.

Hi again,


Have you had a look at the glass tank setup sticky?

There might be some ideas in there that could help.:)

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I am waaay to slow again I see. :D

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dr del

My sister has a setup similar to that for her tree frogs except she uses a different substrate and she used Glad press and seal wrap.