Advice.......again...(did warn you there would be questions)

[FireRedGarters]

hay just a thought if ur gona make a planted viv then u will need uv light for the plants to grow

[EasternGirl]

I think that sounds like a good idea for the heat mat. You didn't say anything about using real plants in the enclosure did you?

[gregmonsta]

Heat has to 15mm of furniture board and through substrate if i put it on the outside
Inside it would only have to pass through 3mm hardboard and substrate,....the hard board and stat would stop snake from getting hurt

Another option is having it inside the viv under a thin plastic membrane. I know some use self adheasive floor tiles to cover heatmats and then seal the edges with silicone .
Zoo-med heatcable is a good product too - already sealed and waterproof. I currently heat four vivs with one 100watt 12m cable. Shorter lengths are available.
Just remember a thermostat, of course.

[mark cope]

hay just a thought if ur gona make a planted viv then u will need uv light for the plants to grow

No planting as gardening is definitly something I suck at
Plastic greenery all the way

[mark cope]

Another option is having it inside the viv under a thin plastic membrane. I know some use self adheasive floor tiles to cover heatmats and then seal the edges with silicone .
Zoo-med heatcable is a good product too - already sealed and waterproof. I currently heat four vivs with one 100watt 12m cable. Shorter lengths are available.
Just remember a thermostat, of course.

Can the heat cable go outside the viv?

[EasternGirl]

Ha ha...as I was carrying a dead plant out to the garbage the other day...I said to my mother, "How is it I can keep a child and several animals alive and well cared for, but every plant I have ever had, I manage to kill??"...Lol...

[gregmonsta]

Can the heat cable go outside the viv?

Probably, but you would have the same issues as with a heat mat. I fed mine into the vivs, mounted it on radiator reflector foil and then covered it with repti-carpet to keep it out of sight. It is designed to be wrapped around viv ornaments/hides/etc, so the best place for it is inside the viv.

I use mine with a pulse stat.

[ConcinusMan]

hay just a thought if ur gona make a planted viv then u will need uv light for the plants to grow

plants do not require UV. just a somewhat balanced visible spectrum. almost any florescent bulb with "white" light output will do.