Cagemakers Discussion

phattony · Thumb-smasher Joined: 14 Nov 2006 Posts: 16 Location: IL

Just wondering what most people here use as heating for their cages.
I am leaning more towards flexwatt all the way round, but I do also use a heat panel in one of my cages. Not really sure if I like the heat panel. Seems not to heat all the way to the bottom of the cage. I get about 90 degrees air temp, but the bottom of the cage always seems to be around 82-84.
What I like with the flexwatt is that the snake always seems to feel warmer to me. I think that I get a better gradient with the flexwatt.

SIRS · Thumb-smasher Joined: 10 Nov 2006 Posts: 7 Location: Home

I use flex in all my cages .and so far seems to work great ..never tried the RHP but i have heard that they dont heat the floor of the enclosures like you were saying and i cant see going with both so i use the flex and keep there rooms at 80's and seems to do well

BryonsBoas · Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 12:21 am Post subject:

ravensgait · Thumb-smasher Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Posts: 3

I use both though not in the same cage.. I keep mainly arboreal species so the panels work best for many of my animals.. Big Apple carries a flexable heat pannel that I really like. I have used it mounted to the top and found that mounting it to the side works well for Carpets and other less arboreal critters. Still use a lot of flexwatt it's hard to beat as you can use it most anywhere...Randy

sirusscott · Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 10:14 am Post subject:

any bulb with more that 10 watts