Hi,

Does anyone know any repositionable heat mats that are available in Canada?

Alternatively, I read in another thread about someone who stuck their heat mat to aluminum foil. Would that be a good way to make a repositionable heat mat?

Also, I actually have a used heat mat stuck to the bottom of my tank. It came with the tank, though, so I don't know anything about its "history". I've never used it because of the overheating risk that comes with heat mats stuck to the bottom, but I have about 1 inch of soil in there (maybe a bit more). Does that make it safe? Does it make the mat useless because it's never going to be able to heat the terrarium trough all that soil?

Finally, if the mat is on the side of the terrarium instead of the bottom, is it actually safer? I figure snakes could still get burned / overheated if they stick right up to the glass.... but at least its not likely to be their whole body at the same time.

I'm also thinking about adding a relatively big rock so my snake will be able to bask closer to the light, but I have some doubts because it will be a pretty big heat sink.

Any thoughts?

I'm trying to make sure my snake will be a more reliable eater this fall / winter than last fall/winter and he's already in one of its "I don't care about food" phases and the high end of the temperatures is only down to 25C (77F).