Years ago, I converted a wood cabinet to house a gopher snake, but the floor was much too thick for heat to rise from underneath using UTH. While I've mostly used Flexwatt UTH, at the time I also had some zoo-quality thick ceramic heat pads (another kind of UTH that heats much stronger & is made to safely withstand moisture, as when buried in zoo exhibits). I made a wood square that formed basically a flat-tunnel with wire mesh on top, so the UTH could sit on top- on the mesh (heat easily going up or down thru the wire mesh) & with doorways in 2 wood sides for the snake to pass thru. He could get on top of the heat, or enjoy being underneath it. Just a thought, if you can make it work there. The trouble with the typical heat tape (incl. Flexwatt) is that it's not made for moisture or for being inside the enclosure.Originally Posted by Homebody
Anyway, I have no pics so I hope what I described makes sense? When you mentioned a "false floor" that reminded me of when I've done something similar.
Another way to heat this takes thinking outside the herpetological box when it comes to supplies. I've also heated a tall cabinet with heat cables- the type they sell for plumbing, to prevent pipes from freezing- and it was hooked to a thermostat- it worked quite well from within the cabinet. They come in various lengths. Just saying.
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