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Anyone run both heat tape and radiant heat panels in the same enclosure?

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I have been contemplating running both heat tape and radiant heat panels in my adult boa enclosures. I was considering doing this so when time comes to cool them a bit I can easily shut off one or the other heat source, which would drop temp some in the enclosure, but still provide a suitable hot spot. Any input on this?
 
I'm not a boa person, but is this going to give the boas adequate space to escape the heat, a "cool spot"... meaning is it too much surface/floor space dedicated to "heat"?
 
I have but only in two of my arboreal enclosures that aren't in the snake room, so they're in a cool part of the house. Both happen to be housing retics at the moment. The RHP is just bumping up the ambient by a few degrees, the belly heat is providing the basking spot. During the summer the RHP isn't needed.
 
Robert Walker said:
I'm not a boa person, but is this going to give the boas adequate space to escape the heat, a "cool spot"... meaning is it too much surface/floor space dedicated to "heat"?
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That is a good question. If I do try it, I'd use an undersized rhp, over half of the enclosure would be unheated directly, along with a shelf/level up off the floor.

I have but only in two of my arboreal enclosures that aren't in the snake room, so they're in a cool part of the house. Both happen to be housing retics at the moment. The RHP is just bumping up the ambient by a few degrees, the belly heat is providing the basking spot. During the summer the RHP isn't needed.
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What sort of ambient bump is the rhp providing? Also what temp is the room the enclosures are in?
 
Randall Turner said:
What sort of ambient bump is the rhp providing? Also what temp is the room the enclosures are in?
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Room is 70*F (snake room is 78*F) and because the enclosures are 24" high the RHP doesn't do much to create a basking spot on the floor. The inside of the enclosure runs 75-76*F on the cool side.

The juvie retics do like to perch halfway between the RHP and the floor, directly under the RHP, most of the time. I think they like to watch what's going on in the room. I've temped them directly with a heat gun and they're 84-85*F. They use the hide on the belly heat for a few days after eating.
 
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