So I live in Arizona and I have an extra bedroom that we have just been using as storage and has my tortoise with tortoise table in there. I was talking to my husband tonight and came up with the idea of just turning the whole room into a reptile room... I have 5 ball pythons right now and plan on picking up a few more in the next year or two. So my plan is instead of running tons of heat cable maybe just heating the room? Has anyone here just run a reptile room with heating the entire room and not the individual cages? My plans on doing this is to block the window and seal it so no heat is escaping or coming in and blocking off the a.c. vent part way so it is easier to control temp but still have a little air flow. I also have looked into a ceramic space heater that lets you set the temp and is supposed to keep it regulated with a built in thermostat. Also maybe have a humidifier in the room to help with humidity since I do live in Tucson, Arizona. I was going to buy a digital thermometer with humidity gauge built in just to keep an eye on the room temp and of course have thermometers in each cage. I have decided to ditch all my tanks and outfit 32qt tubs for my ball pythons. Then have those tubs on a rack that I was going to get from home depot. If anyone has suggestions please let me know. Thanks!