Andrew Lloyd
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Hi all,
Currently using a large, wooden television cabinet that I converted to house my young Bredli and I'm looking to change up how it's heated. Currently I'm using a 150w spot lamp and up until winter started that was working well, keeping the hot part at around 32 degrees. Two problems have come up with this method though, A) The colder weather has started to creep in and some nights I've found the cage at around 24-27 in the hot end (Not totally worried by this, Kaa is still eating, pooping and shedding like a champ so it doesn't seem to be affecting his health) and B) I've noticed that it's only when I turn the light off at night that he really comes out to move around the cage.
Basically what I was thinking of doing is placing a large heat mat in one third of his cage and possibly also a ceramic heat emitter in place of a spot light. Only problem is that being a wooden cage, the heat mat would have to go inside under the substrate or almost none of the heat would make it in.
So my questions are,
1. What is the safest way to put a heat mat into the cage without running the risk of burning my little buddy?
2. Is there a safer/better alternative?
3. Can I run a CHE and a heat mat off of the same thermostat?
I know it's a pretty broad range of questions but I'm hoping that in the end I'll have a way of heating his cage to around 32 hot and 27 cold and providing a decent dark/light cycle so he gets a little more active. Any help is greatly appreciated
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Currently using a large, wooden television cabinet that I converted to house my young Bredli and I'm looking to change up how it's heated. Currently I'm using a 150w spot lamp and up until winter started that was working well, keeping the hot part at around 32 degrees. Two problems have come up with this method though, A) The colder weather has started to creep in and some nights I've found the cage at around 24-27 in the hot end (Not totally worried by this, Kaa is still eating, pooping and shedding like a champ so it doesn't seem to be affecting his health) and B) I've noticed that it's only when I turn the light off at night that he really comes out to move around the cage.
Basically what I was thinking of doing is placing a large heat mat in one third of his cage and possibly also a ceramic heat emitter in place of a spot light. Only problem is that being a wooden cage, the heat mat would have to go inside under the substrate or almost none of the heat would make it in.
So my questions are,
1. What is the safest way to put a heat mat into the cage without running the risk of burning my little buddy?
2. Is there a safer/better alternative?
3. Can I run a CHE and a heat mat off of the same thermostat?
I know it's a pretty broad range of questions but I'm hoping that in the end I'll have a way of heating his cage to around 32 hot and 27 cold and providing a decent dark/light cycle so he gets a little more active. Any help is greatly appreciated
Pic of the Enclosure