Quote Originally Posted by Billy305 View Post
Are you using like a zoomed rectangle/square type heat pad? If so, then no pulling it off gently won't hurt it. The problem is that the glue that stuck it to the glass originally wont be as strong as it was before so it may slowly fall off of the bottom due to gravity. The foil aluminum tape it meant to repair AC and heating ducts so it stands up well to the heat. You can pick up a roll at home depot ect that will last long enough to tape it back 100 times for about 6 bucks. It is what a lot of people as well as myself use to tape down heat tape in their racks.

As far as the humidity you can try folding a towel and putting it over 75% of the screen cage to hold in moisture. Some people have had luck doing the same thing with tin foil.

Glass cages look nice but a tub is the way to go for practical care. Tubs are WAY easier to clean, much lighters, and hold humidity much better. The only downfall is if you live somewhere its really cold, its hard to keep ambient temps higher unless the room is warm because you cant use a heat light ect.

What I have found works great though with a tub if you only have 1 snake it to find a surface (either a cut peice of wood the size of the tub) or a dresser or something you want to put the tub on and put the heat mat there sticky side down. When you need to clean the tub you can just lift it off the dresser and put it right back when you are done. This way you are unsticking and re taping the pad all the time. Start with very few holes and watch the humidity. Slowly add more if you need but remember its hard to un-drill them if the humidity gets too low.

I THINK my UTH is Zoo Med but I can't remember exactly. I'll have to take a look. If it is I might just take it off and start taping it back on as that'll be much easier cleaning-wise.

As for the humidity thing, I have been covering most of the lid of his tank with a damp towel this past week when I saw he was going into shed and it helped perfectly.

I'll have to look into getting him into a tub, it'll be much easier!