Hello Folks, I am new to the group, but not new to reptile keeping. I wanted to share a hack with the the group that might be beneficial, but before I do here is a little about me.
I have been keeping reptiles since the late 80's. I started out with a little garter snake that I kept in a plywood enclosure my dad and I built. I have always had a love for snakes and reptiles.
Back then husbandry wasn't nearly as advanced as it is today. People would just use "the Dreaded" heat rocks and lamps to heat their enclosures. Over the decades I learned so much more, and graduated up to bigger snakes, lizards,
tortoises etc... I also graduated up to more professional enclosures kept animals up until about 2010. Life had become very busy and I had to stop my hobby and concentrate on other things, so I sold all my babies and took time off. About 3 years ago I got the bug again and started to do more research. I have always been fascinated with leucistic animals and back when I was a kid I remember reading reptiles magazine where they spotlighted BEL ball pythons. They were super expensive and much more rare than they are today. BELs have always been on my bucket list since I saw that article, but I had no idea the cost had come down to be able to purchase one. So 2 years ago I picked up a baby female BEL I named Lucille. She is now 1100gms and a little over 4 feet. I decided that i wanted to give her the best so I ordered a Animal plastics T10 and Pro Heat RHP.
What I wanted to share with you was how I placed my probe that not only functions, but I think looks professional without having to drill and extra holes in the enclosure. I am using a Herpstat 1 for reference.
I decided to mount the probe in the back corner of the enclosure on the hot side about half way up.
I used Black corner duct raceway similar to this - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0827MLC62...t_details&th=1
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Its easy to cut any has double sided adhesive already attached. I cut almost exact height of inside of cage, leaving 1/8th inch for cable routing at the top.
The face of the raceway can be removed for the next steps.
Halfway up the raceway I drilled a 1/4 hole to allow the probe to stick out. Up the raceway are holes to allow for zipties to hold the wire in place.
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I fished the probe in the same hole as the Lights and down the corner. put probe in hole and attach to raceway with zip ties. Then snap raceway in place.
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I hope this helps anyone who is looking for a functioning clean install in their AP or similar cage.
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