Keeping Snake Warm

[want_pet+snake]

I have 4x2x1H cage with 11: flexwat but already I am having to run a space heater to keep the ambient up. It will cost a small fortune to do this all winter (I'm in the NE). Some people say rhp will help and others say it doesn't do more than a few degree for ambient temps. Can someone with experience in colder climates chime in? If the RHP will work (it gets cold here, like 60F if I don't run the space heater)., how do I make a hole big enough for the power plug but not have escapes, maybe fill it in with foam sealer? Also would a rhp/flexwatt combo be redundant, maybe just use one?

[trevo]

I have a cold issue in my house and the only solution I have come up with was to get a proper cage to retain heat I have a uth set up with a thermostat and I use an oil heater that's set up to a thermostat as well. You can try insulating the outside of the tank with Styrofoam. I had a friend do that in the past because he had a class tank that didn't hold heat well.

Hope you can figure it out.

[Pythonfriend]

i cannot figure out what a RHP is supposed to be.

a google image search for RHP shows me:

- lots of headphones
- some ball bearings
- a hiphop band
- a military humvee
- someone inlining on a threadmill
- a yacht
- a tank
- power drills

overall, headphones and ball bearings dominate.

[wienkeg]

i cannot figure out what a RHP is supposed to be.

a google image search for RHP shows me:

- lots of headphones
- some ball bearings
- a hiphop band
- a military humvee
- someone inlining on a threadmill
- a yacht
- a tank
- power drills

overall, headphones and ball bearings dominate.

lol, try radiant heat panel...

[Dev_DeCoste]

Ahh good list I definitely relate, though.. I've seen so many shorthands throughout the forums that Im still trying to figure out. Glad it was sorted out for ya though

i cannot figure out what a RHP is supposed to be.

a google image search for RHP shows me:

- lots of headphones
- some ball bearings
- a hiphop band
- a military humvee
- someone inlining on a threadmill
- a yacht
- a tank
- power drills

overall, headphones and ball bearings dominate.

[BloodStar]

Hey Man!

I live in Utah, so it gets pretty cold her most of the year haha.....really depends on what ya can afford as far as your heating bill goes.

I have a 20 gal aquarium and use a UTH for substrate heat and use a heat lamp (with 100watt red bulb) hanging about 6" above the lid of the terrarium. I also keep my house at 70 degrees F.

All of the above gives me about 85 degrees f for ambient temp.

Hope that helps

[EAC Reptiles]

What is your enclosure made out of? You may want to look into an enclosure that is insulated.

RHP's do well in an enclosure that will hold the heat in ( ie. wood and thicker plastic cages). I have notice that the ambient a temps staying pretty high, compared to the room they are in, with a customer wood enclosure. I would also have to say that heat tape doesn't help with ambient temps as much, but I am running heat tape in all my racks that are in a thermo regulated room.

By the way I'm in PA, so winters can get pretty bad here.