Quote Originally Posted by JLC
As others have said, it's fine to use the ZooMed. BUT, if you don't have your t-stat yet, you need to at the very least, go out to the hardware store and get you a dimmer switch to plug it into. They get way too hot without some sort of control on them.
Yea definitly go out and get a dimmer switch, they cost like ten bucks at home depot. That way you dont have to worry about it gettting to hot and causing any harm to your lil guy and if your t-stat ever goes out or breaks down you have something as back up!

Good luck!