Custom Vision Cages

Yay, just got the stuff in for heat. Cross your fingers we don't mess this up.

Did you coat the wood with anything on the inside our just left it as is?

I left it because it will be covered in white linoleum.

That's right you said that already lol duh you can really do alot with this idea I mean alot just thought about that while in class

Now that heat tape stuff what is it exactly never really heard of it

It is flat plastic that delivers heat to something. Picture rolled up below. I got mine through bigappleherp.com.

That's pretty cool I have plans in the making now i'm going to do what you're doing there vision cages for my three dragons and maybe another two for future herps that I might acquire one being possibly a Mali or ornate uromastyx

How well does heat tape work through wood or substrate?

I am not sure on the wood. It is another thing my husband and I have been arguing about with this build he wanted to put it on outside I wanted it on inside. (with all my complaining i hope he never reads this). It should however penetrate through substrate as long as it is not thick. The trick is having a thermometer probe with your thermostat that way it can heat up to the desired temperature.

I hope you have better luck with the flexwatt than I did. In my boa cage I put it inside the cage and it still only brought the internal temperature up a couple of degrees over a 3 day period.
NO the snake was not in there at the time.

If your room is heated and you only use the flexwatt for a hot spot it might work. I just went back to my tried and true heat emitters.