Hey that's a great idea Marla! You are the queen of tight ideas.
Maybe something like a thin pc of plexiglass between the bottom of the cage and the board.
I will go to Lowes and see if they cut to order plexiglass which I would think they do.
I have the heat cables on a Helix t-stat so they should never get hot enough to melt the plexiglass, sounds like a good good idea, Thanks
Could possible fumes be why he has stop feeding??