Vote for BP.Net for the 2013 Forum of the Year! Click here for more info.

» Site Navigation

» Home
 > FAQ

» Online Users: 2,822

2 members and 2,820 guests
Most users ever online was 6,337, 01-24-2020 at 04:30 AM.

» Today's Birthdays

None

» Stats

Members: 75,031
Threads: 248,489
Posts: 2,568,442
Top Poster: JLC (31,651)
Welcome to our newest member, isismomma
Page 3 of 3 FirstFirst 123
Results 21 to 23 of 23
  1. #21
    Registered User Codil7's Avatar
    Join Date
    11-12-2013
    Posts
    80
    Thanks
    39
    Thanked 22 Times in 18 Posts
    Images: 1

    Re: Favorite enclosure?

    Quote Originally Posted by Dutti View Post
    I have just finished 4 wooden enclosures for my snakes. My BCI got the biggest one. I sealed them from the inside. I find wood very good, i use belly heating and i had to drill holes to pass the heat cable inside, with wood you can do that. Humidity is not a problem with wooden enclosures. Yes they are heavy. The bigger the enclosure is, the harder will be to move it.
    How did you place your heating element inside? Like the above post explained, heating through wood isn’t the easiest thing to do. I considered laying laminate tile down on the inside with the mat/Flexwatt being sealed between the wood and the tile that way it just had to penetrate the laminate and not the wood as well.


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    1.0 Catahoula (Easton)
    1.0 Chocolate Lab/Weimeraner (Gunner)
    0.1 Black Pewter het Albino (Arya)
    0.1 BCI (Kaiya)

  2. The Following User Says Thank You to Codil7 For This Useful Post:

    PokeyTheNinja (12-26-2017)

  3. #22
    Banned
    Join Date
    03-16-2017
    Posts
    338
    Thanks
    41
    Thanked 46 Times in 37 Posts

    Re: Favorite enclosure?

    Quote Originally Posted by Codil7 View Post
    How did you place your heating element inside? Like the above post explained, heating through wood isn’t the easiest thing to do. I considered laying laminate tile down on the inside with the mat/Flexwatt being sealed between the wood and the tile that way it just had to penetrate the laminate and not the wood as well.


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    I have drilled 2 holes for 2 heat cables in each enclosure. Only one hole in the small enclosure where i want to use only one heat cable. I have drilled the wholes in the back of the enclosures and in one enclosure in the side, but all very low near the floor of the enclosure where the heat cable was laid. The heat cable passed through the hole from the outside into the inside and is laid on an area on the floor and covered with tiles. That area will be the warm side. The heat cable remains on 12 hours during the day and during the night off.

  4. The Following User Says Thank You to Dutti For This Useful Post:

    Codil7 (11-17-2017)

  5. #23
    BPnet Lifer Sauzo's Avatar
    Join Date
    11-26-2014
    Location
    Seattle Washington
    Posts
    6,011
    Thanks
    2,064
    Thanked 6,341 Times in 3,220 Posts
    OP, if you are looking for belly heat that you can put inside the cage, look into Kane Heat mats. They are designed for farm animals and dogs etc. They can get wet and be fine and can be cleaned etc. They arent cheap though but i personally would not want to chance any form of belly heat that wasnt waterproof being put inside the cage or having the chance of coming into connect with a spilled water bowl or piss. Too much of a chance of a fire, shock or death involved lol.
    0.1 Rio Bravo Pokigron Suriname BC-Gina
    1.0 Meltzer/Lincoln Peruvian Longtail het anery BCL-Louie

    0.1 Biak Green Tree Python-Pat
    ​1.0 OSHY Biak Green Tree Python-Alex
    0.0.1 Super Reduced Reticulated Gila Monster-Dozer
    0.0.1 Utah Banded Gila Monster-Tank
    0.0.1 Super Black Beaded Lizard-Reggie

Page 3 of 3 FirstFirst 123

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v4.2.1