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What kind of heat for Melamine cages???
I have just built my first set of melamine cages for my babies. Now that thy are built, silicone and almost ready to use minus one thing, what kind of heat do I use for them. Someone out there has to know a good way to heat these things
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Re: What kind of heat for Melamine cages???
Heres the answer to all your wooden cage heating needs. http://redtailboa.net/forums/caging-...flex-watt.html |
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Re: What kind of heat for Melamine cages???
well it depends. If you have a decent ambient air temp in the room where the cage is, I'd just put a piece of flexwatt or some sort of heat strip and call it good.
If the temps in the room are a little lower, Radiant Heat Panels work quite well too.
What are the temps in the room? That will help determine what is best.
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Re: What kind of heat for Melamine cages???
Temps range between 77-80 during the day and about 70 at night. Flexwatt isnt available anywhere close to me so I was thinking about heat mats and substrate over that.
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09-07-2007, 07:20 AM
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Re: What kind of heat for Melamine cages???
I'd just use flex, you can order it online
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Re: What kind of heat for Melamine cages???
Seems like that's what everyone recommends. Would the pads work for now until I can get some flexwatt shipped or should I just wait? Also I just purchased a 06 Snow last saturday and she still hasnt ate, smae with my male albino who I have had for 2 weeks. Any suggestions on this?
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Re: What kind of heat for Melamine cages???
They would work, but if you are going to order the flex then i'd just wait. Why waste the money, you know? No snakes are in there at the moment right?
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Re: What kind of heat for Melamine cages???
No but I already have all the mats. I am leaving town Thurs of next week for 10 days and wanted to go ahead and get htem set up and hopefully get them to eat before i leave. My pastel has no problems eating but the snow and albino are just not wanting to eat at all.
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09-07-2007, 07:37 AM
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Re: What kind of heat for Melamine cages???
Well if you have the mats already then I don't see why not, as long as you can get the correct temps going before you leave.
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Re: What kind of heat for Melamine cages???
Thanks for the help on this, gonna give it a shot in the morning after work.
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