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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?
Thanks
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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.
-Sean
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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)
vaughn
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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
-adam
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