How To Use A Heat Mat In A Wooden Vivarium

As far as the wood humidity concern it s not an issue if the wood is sealed.

How to use a heat mat in a wooden vivarium.

Check your heat mat mains cable and plug for damage before use. I use two different options here and have found them equally effective. A heat mat is gonna be pretty ineffective unfortunately. U kingdomezy i d recommend switching to a radiant heat panel if you re gonna use a wooden vivarium.

On the one had i use polystyrene tiles for under tank heaters. Using a reflector behind or underneath the heat mat can therefore help to reflect more of this beneficial heat into your vivarium. I used to have a heat mat in our blue tongues wooden viv it shorted out and left a burn mark in the timber. In a plastic glass vivarium heat mats should go outside the cage and the heat will be emiited through the vivarium walls.

I just place down a few tiles put the heater ontop and then place the vivarium over this. Heat pads are typically applied on the bottom or side of the vivarium. If placed inside the vivarium under some sand or substrate your animal. Heat mats mustbe controlled by a thermostat.

Heat pads can be useful when heating the vivarium. I ve got one in mine and it works perfectly. Bloody lucky that there was no fire. As well as using a thermometer to monitor the temperature of your vivarium you should use a thermostat to prevent the heat inside your reptile tank rising above a certain temperature.

Ever wondered how to install a heat mat if you use a vivarium. If they were placed on the outside then the wood insulates the mat and slows the heat getting into the vivarium where it is needed. Well in this video i go through each step on how to do just that. Attach your thermostat to your heat lamp and when your set temperature is reached the thermostat will turn the lamp off until the temperature drops again.

If used with a wooden vivarium then they must only be used inside the vivarium.