RHP with paper towel

I know that RHP's work to heat the substrate and fixtures in the cage. Im planning on housing my snake in an animal plastics T8 and want to know if anybody had experience with this setup using paper towels. Will this substrate work well with the RHP as far as increasing ambient temps?

I really don't want to use anything but paper as I'm trying to keep this as simple a cleanup as possible.

RHP are typically place on the top (sometime side) of the enclosure whereas UTH are usually placed at the bottom of the enclosure therefore substrate is irrelevant really.

Paper towels should be fine. I use dimpled brown craft paper which is thicker than paper towels with no problems whatsoever.

I don't use paper towels in my set up but I have seen plenty of other people do so in theirs. The RHP will provide warmth regardless of what you use. Just make sure you have the thermostat dialed in right and double check your temps. Have the set up running for a few days to make sure you can provide the right heat and humidity before putting the snake in there.

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Originally Posted by bproffer

Paper towels should be fine. I use dimpled brown craft paper which is thicker than paper towels with no problems whatsoever.

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Sometimes I really envy people that use paper substrate lol Your clean ups and deep cleans must take a lot less time than mine! I can't do the paper though, my house gets too dry in the winter Plus I really like the way the mulch looks.

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Originally Posted by SKO

Sometimes I really envy people that use paper substrate lol Your clean ups and deep cleans must take a lot less time than mine! I can't do the paper though, my house gets too dry in the winter Plus I really like the way the mulch looks.

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Clean up is really easy. Takes about 5 minutes for a spot clean and changing the paper out. Deep clean is about 15-20 min. The look is blah and boring though, I'll admit to that. I just picked up a Vision 15/32qt rack that I'm in the process of setting up. I think I'll go with sani chips or shredded aspen for those.

I swear by this stuff...

http://www.uline.com/BL_1961/Indente...oL2Q&gclsrc=ds

That's exactly what I use.

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Originally Posted by bproffer

That's exactly what I use.

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:gj:

Back in the day, we had a regular poster on here who used it in his AP T5 cages, and it looked pretty cool. If you do a search for SerpentMerchant, you'll probably find the pictures.

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Originally Posted by Slim

I swear by this stuff...

http://www.uline.com/BL_1961/Indente...oL2Q&gclsrc=ds

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My snakes don't burrow and I'm sick of aspen all over my room every time I open a cage so I just ordered six rolls and it'll be here tomorrow :gj: thanks

I use only a RHP on the right side of my 36x12x24. The entire cage is paper towel floor. Directly under the RHP I have a large brown tile on the floor, on top of the tile is one piece of paper towel that's only under the hide. The tile sticks out from under the hide so the RHP heats the tile and that heat transfers under his hide also. Top of the hide is like 92 and inside is like 88. The tile is like 90 outside the hide. My thermostat is set to 85, probe is 1/2 way down under it on back wall. The very far side ambient temp is 77 and this is now during the winter. the middle of the cage ambient is 80. (You have to hide the temp probe from the line of sight of the RHP to measure the ambient temp). RHP acts like sunlight. My relative humidity stays around 50...when it rains it jumps up to 60. If its cold and windy outside, I may have to spray a little bit. I've had my BP in this cage for 2 years, he sheds perfect every time and eats every time I offer food. I use paper towel and try to bunch some up also because he likes to get under them even inside the hides. My BP spends most of his time on the cooler side. After he eats, he will lay on the tiles at night. If he's going into a shed, he spends a week or more on the warm side. I clean this cage so fast it's so simple. I take my BP out and just put him in a holding cage under his main one and just do what I need to do.