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    What's the best way to heat a plastic cage? I've seen that many companies like Boaphile offer under-cage heating and in-cage heating. What are the pros and cons of each of these?

    What do you recommend?

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    Ok, I've decided...

    from what I have read you can use a standard UTH or human heat pad with plastic cages since they are made of HQ plastic unlike you basic wal-mart shoe boxes though I have yet to melt those either with a UTH.
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    i use flexwatt heat tape to heat the bottom of cages (belly heat)
    for an arboreal reptile or a very large cage you might want to look into heat panels (pro products,helix)



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    Ditto what Vaughn said.

    I don't like human heating pads because .... well they were made for people, not cages. They were not designed to be run 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Also, they are very prone to developing "hot spots" and cooking snakes.

    I also really don't like putting electronics inside of a cage. Accidents happen ... water bowls spill, snakes get tangled in cords, etc .... It would be different if you were there to keep an eye on things 24 hours a day, but ya gotta sleep sometime!

    Just my $.02

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