Hey all,
I posted my new winter quarters recently and everything seems to be stabilizing well (ambient room temp is 80 and ambient humidity is 65-70%) but the actual mulch is a bit cooler than I would like it. I have two heat lamps set up to created a decent sized basking spot but that's about the only place where more than the very surface of the mulch is warm. I've read that heat cables don't raise ambient heat without a closed chamber but all I really want to do is take the chill off the mulch now that we are really reaching cold days. I'm thinking about getting Big apple's 27' heat cable to bury on a grid under about 1/3 of the total area. Does that seem like a sufficient plan to make sure they have a warm spot to rest their bellies?
I posted my new winter quarters recently and everything seems to be stabilizing well (ambient room temp is 80 and ambient humidity is 65-70%) but the actual mulch is a bit cooler than I would like it. I have two heat lamps set up to created a decent sized basking spot but that's about the only place where more than the very surface of the mulch is warm. I've read that heat cables don't raise ambient heat without a closed chamber but all I really want to do is take the chill off the mulch now that we are really reaching cold days. I'm thinking about getting Big apple's 27' heat cable to bury on a grid under about 1/3 of the total area. Does that seem like a sufficient plan to make sure they have a warm spot to rest their bellies?