Heating a Custom Enclosure I Built?

[Crystal]

ok so let me give out the details...first off, this is a test enclosure i've designed (no reptiles live in it) and it was made for my ETB (if it works) basically after looking and looking for a stackable aboreal enclosure that i didnt have to cut to acomodate a flourecent (sp) light fixture and that had the specific dimensions i was after, i gave up and decided to try and build one...so i went ahead and did this, i borrowed a few designs from some cages, and improved upon them, so heres what i got



basically i dont want to use a bulb to heat this enclosure, so im wondering if heat tape, or more specifically one of those Exo-terra heat pads hooked up to a rheostat, placed on the back of the enclosure so it heats close to where the perch will be placed, will this work? any other ideas, thoughts or suggestions are welcome

Crystal

[guapote's gape]

I'd have to recomend radiant heat panels for any of the arboreal species. I'm so impressed wth their performance that I'm slowly converting most of my cages over to them.
Grant at Port Credit can hook you up with some if you should need them.

[Mark]

I'm going to ahve to also go with the radient heat panels. I love them and they are so simple to install (just mount and plug in). I'm slowly switching all my cages over to them come the next reptile expo.