How should I heat my cage

[blackcrystal22]

Ive thought about putting it in the middle too and making it to separate cages like you said.

Well these 2 snakes have been housed together for well over a year, in a 50gal tank haven't had any issues. the problem i have with that is that a 2'x2' cage is just to small.

I suppose I could just build 2 completely separate cages and stack them, but that brings up the issue of cost and size. With my current situation I need something I can easily move.

I plan on building a larger sized enclosure soon for my big boa probably 4x2x2 and was also wondering how I might heat it and I think I may use one of these ultratherm pads from reptile basics:

http://www.reptilebasics.com/Ultrath...p-1-c-273.html

Good price and more durable than flexwatt.

4x2x2 is a boa sized cage. Really, I don't think anything bigger than a 20gallon or a 30 gallon is healthy for the snakes.

Just because something hasn't happened, doesn't mean that it rules out potential issues of keeping the two snakes together. If one gets ill, they both get ill. Cannibalization is possible, and if they are two males, they could fight. Male and female could breed, and if she breeds when she is too small, cause egg impaction, which could kill the female.

Just overall, a bad idea.

No matter what, to heat the enclosures, you must use a good thermostat with the probe taped directly on the tape or UTH.

Ceramic heat emitters are also another option.