Ball Python enclosure build

[Dianne]

I do have a question about the RHP though. I think I have it right but might as well double check. When using an RHP the top of the substrate should be the hottest part correct? the floor under it should be slightly cooler as its getting heat soaked through from the substrate. Unless of coarse some of it is moved away and the floor is exposed. So if my floor is hotter then the top of the substrate it would probably be caused by the heat rising from the lower cage.

I don’t use any type of chip substrate, so I can’t speak to that part, but I can confirm that the heat does rise and warm the floor of the cage above. I don’t get a lot of transference with my plastic or pvc cages, but it is a little warmer on the cage floor due to the rhp on the cage below. It takes a little tweaking with the stack to get the temperatures where I want them. Each thermostat has a slightly different setting. That said, rarely are all the rhp’s running at the same time because my thermostats are the on/off type rather than proportional.

You could use a sheet of rigid foam between the two cages (1/2” maybe?) to provide a break between the cages.