I'm going to use ultratherm heat pads from reptilebasics but thats not going to be enough to produce the temps I need. I want to use those tube light bulbs and put it inside the cage with a guard around it. I want it to produce light and a little bit of heat. All these exo terra and zoo med bulbs seem to get so fricking hot its unbelievable. But can these be connected to a rehostat to control the heat output?
I have a couple of other questions too. This cage is going to be one big solid cage. Sorta like a book shelf to house snakes. There is going to be 5 cage areas, one on top of another, with sliding glass doors. Each cage is going to be 1 foot tall by 3-4 feet long by 15 inches wide. As you can see each cage is going to be pretty large but I'm going to fill it with plants, rock hides (more than 2) logs, rocks, etc so they won't get stressed.
What I'm worried about is my BP (who recently escaped, but I found her). It seems to me that cal kings and corns seem to have the same temperature and humidity requirements. So I'm not worried about them. But the BP needs higher temps than they do and higher humidity. So I'm worried that with one cage on top of another the heat is going to effect the other cages and throw off the temps in all the cages. I want the temps to be PERFECT.
Also, my house during spring and summer usually stays around 70-77 degrees and not usually higher than this. Will the outside temp in the house effect the temp inside the caging?
I'm so confused about this, I would love some help please.
Thanks.
Oh, yea, I want th lighting to be timed too. But every timer I see doesn't seem like it can be hooked up to turn off all the lights in each cage all at the same time. They are just for induvidual cages. Is there any timers that can be used for ALL the cages?
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