heater for plastic cage?

robertS · 09-03-06, 08:07 PM

I am thinking of moving my BP's form 35g tank to a plastic enclosure.
I saw one at a pet store today, 36 in. long looks something like neodesha use to make,has 2 halogen light fixtures in it.
my question is can I use undertank heater(eg.zoomed pad)in those tipe of enclosures? do you put them under or inside enclosure ?
any advice would be great.
thanks

Lawson07 · 09-03-06, 08:41 PM

The only UTH that you can use on plastic cages, for sure, is ZooMed's mini pad. It is only rated for up to 5 gal. We use them on the plastic "kritter keepers" for feeding or neonates.

robertS · 09-03-06, 08:58 PM

would that be fine? what about heat cabel?!

Reticsrule · 09-03-06, 09:19 PM

i have an Animal Plastics cage that i use an under tank heat cable on. but then again that is one of the heating options that AP offers and it is routered into the bottom of the cage, which you probably could not do in your situation. but you said this enclosure youre looking at has 2 halogen light fixtures in it. if this is the case, why dont you just use lights to heat it?

robertS · 09-03-06, 10:05 PM

not sure if those 2 halogen fixtures will produce enough heat, and would not have any heat at night when lights are off.

Reticsrule · 09-03-06, 10:12 PM

they would probably produce enough heat, but i see your point about there being no heat at night when the lights are off.

is there any particular reason you are looking to buy that specific cage? are you getting a good deal on it or something? because if not you may want to buy a plastic cage from a commercial manufacturer (such as AP, but there are others as well) so you can use an UTH cable as a heat source.