Heat lamps or heat pads - Page 3

**EL Ziggy** · 01-23-14, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Mikoh4792

How tall is the enclosure?

40 gal tank is 36x18x16 I believe.

Mikoh4792 · 01-23-14, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by EL-Ziggy

40 gal tank is 36x18x16 I believe.

Should heat it just fine, I think Terranaut heats his ball python's hide with an rhp.

I only have experience heating perches with RHP's(Several inches away) as opposed to heating hides on the floor.

knox · 01-23-14, 09:53 AM

And I certainly agree that heat lamps are not the best option for high humidity species. This is a great conversation and lots of good info in this thread.

Terranaut · 01-23-14, 10:04 AM

The reason people are now saying heat lamps are no good is largely because of the sharp spike in keeping ball pythons vs keeping colubrids like you mentioned. More and more people are keeping pythons of all sorts that even just 10 yrs ago. The whole hobby has shifted more towards higher humidity snakes. Aquariums with screen lids were also common if not the norm.

Lankyrob · 01-23-14, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Mikoh4792

Right I said that without putting che's into consideration.

But even if I had to choose between a CHE and a RHP I'd always choose an RHP for most snake species. They just don't get as hot and heat the enclosure equally well.(Since most snake species don't need hotspots over 90F)

No worries, i would also choose a RHP over a CHE in future. I would alsomchoose plastic over wooden vivs given the funds but thats another discussion

MrGetLifted · 01-29-14, 01:48 PM

I use 22 watt heat cables and an eco stat thermostat,on my one set up and its alot more easy to keep the humidity up, rather then when i used a heatlamp. id think cables are to heatpads, dont snakes like belly heat?

sharthun · 01-29-14, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Terranaut

I also think RHPs are the way to go.
Lower wattage.
Still safe to touch even when on full.
Easiest type of heat source to mount.
Should last the lifetime of the snake.
But cost a bit more initially.
Nothing wrong with CHEs that are shrouded but I do think once a person has used RHPs , they will not go back.
JMHO.

Ditto! I just made the switch from che's to rhps! I won't ever go back!