Nellie Rose
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I'm having trouble figuring out what radiant heat panel to get.
I live in Maryland and I'm trying to design an outdoor tortoise house for year round use. We have cold winters here so heat is a priority.
I'm looking for something to heat the main space (enclosure will be a covered greenhouse type enclosure), and a radiant heat panel to heat a 16×20×17 tortoise house.
Does anyone have any other ideas, or recommended certain brands?
Enclosure will be 24 inches high, 8 ft long and 4 ft wide. The tortoise box will be 16×20×17 inches.
I want to maintain an ambient temp between 70-75, with a hot spot of 90.
I'm looking into heat panels, chicken coop heaters, and other options.
Hopefully someone can chime in. It will be an upgrade over his current enclosure, pictured below. He only just moved outside and I'm pretty unhappy with the current enclosure.
![20240527_083651.jpg 20240527_083651.jpg](https://data.www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/357/357726-e559b7943e4f05c9676d9a6464815fac.jpg)
![20240527_083646.jpg 20240527_083646.jpg](https://data.www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/357/357727-c596496528918603797a5e6303878893.jpg)
I live in Maryland and I'm trying to design an outdoor tortoise house for year round use. We have cold winters here so heat is a priority.
I'm looking for something to heat the main space (enclosure will be a covered greenhouse type enclosure), and a radiant heat panel to heat a 16×20×17 tortoise house.
Does anyone have any other ideas, or recommended certain brands?
Enclosure will be 24 inches high, 8 ft long and 4 ft wide. The tortoise box will be 16×20×17 inches.
I want to maintain an ambient temp between 70-75, with a hot spot of 90.
I'm looking into heat panels, chicken coop heaters, and other options.
Hopefully someone can chime in. It will be an upgrade over his current enclosure, pictured below. He only just moved outside and I'm pretty unhappy with the current enclosure.
![20240527_083651.jpg 20240527_083651.jpg](https://data.www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/357/357726-e559b7943e4f05c9676d9a6464815fac.jpg)
![20240527_083646.jpg 20240527_083646.jpg](https://data.www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/357/357727-c596496528918603797a5e6303878893.jpg)