Probe placement, thermostats, cages

[babyknees]

if they are all the same wattage of heat tape (or pad, watever) then you can just put one thermostat probe on one of the heat sources and plug them all into the thermostat and that will keep them all the same temp. Make sure the thermostat can handle the total wattage you are plugging into it.

I knew that was the case with tub racks but I figured that cages would be different.

I'm not familiar with those cages but you will need a thermostat for each individual heat source. I mean if you had multiple of the same heat source you could plug them all in to one but i don't trust them enough for that.

Don't trust the UTHs or the thermostat?