I live in Huntington Beach, Ca and just got a dogloo and set it up with a heat emmiter for my sulcatas & leopards. Before this their winter shelter was a block house about 4' long x 3'wide by 16"tall covered with about 12" of dirt & no heating set up. They used this for the last 5 years but as they've gotten larger I decided this year to make this my russian tortoise enclosure. I would like to know how others have their dogloo's set up.
1 - I set mine up with a 150watt emmitter and it did not above 60 degrees at night so I now have a 250watt emmitter in it and it gets to about 70 degrees. What wattage emmiter are you using in yours?
2 - I'm using 2 towel's for bedding right now as I'm afraid if I put hay in it they may push it up & to close to the emmitter and cause a fire. What are you using for bedding and do you have any fire prevention tips?
Thanks in advance for the input and I'll post pictures of my setup as soon as the rain stops.
1 - I set mine up with a 150watt emmitter and it did not above 60 degrees at night so I now have a 250watt emmitter in it and it gets to about 70 degrees. What wattage emmiter are you using in yours?
2 - I'm using 2 towel's for bedding right now as I'm afraid if I put hay in it they may push it up & to close to the emmitter and cause a fire. What are you using for bedding and do you have any fire prevention tips?
Thanks in advance for the input and I'll post pictures of my setup as soon as the rain stops.