Heat panels

[quail]

I am in the process of building a 4' wide, 8'long and 3' high night box for my adult Sulcata. I live in New England and temps are freezing. He will not be outside in the winter but I'm hoping to extend his outside season and get him back outside as soon as possible. I would appreciate any suggestions on a good radiant heat panel and thermastat. I already have a Kane pig mat to use as well.

 

[wellington]

Check out Toms threads. In his night box threads, you should be able to see the radiant heat panels he uses and the thermostat. Mine are these. http://www.reptilebasics.com/rbi-radiant-heat-panels
My thermostat is this http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AOA0UD8/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20

 

[quail]

How can I access someone's threads? I have tried entering topics in the search field and always come up empty.

 

[wellington]

I use the google search top reign on the forum. Then I scroll down to find the link/thread I want that has the tortoise forum address in it.
But here it is for you. http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-66867.html

 

[quail]

Thank you for the link Wellington. I'm torn between heat panels or oil heaters. My box is almost identical to Tom's design.

 

[Tom]

Ether will work. If you use a RHP, you will need to lower it some, as three feet is much too high for it to be effective. I would make the box only 24" tall. That extra foot is just more unnecessary space to heat.

 

[argus333]

im in nj i use oil filled and a pig blanket and 75 watt bulb for light. works great and not to bad on the wallet. i have same thermostat as above on the heater. i keep my sullys out all winter. 6x 5ft x 24inch high shed with 12x10 ft semi heated greenhouse.

 

[quail]

Thank you everybody.