I actually hadn't heard of the heat panels but I will look into buying those in the near future as that would probably be the more permanent solution. Do they emit light or just heat I didn't find any info on that. Also would that be enough to keep the belly heat up as well as ambient the other thing we where looking at was intillemats it is a substrate heater designed to go inside wood habitats or under glass water resistant and can be thermostat controlled
Ultimately would it be wise to heat the overall substrate and bottom area of the habitat as well seeing as I like to keep my house cold