Can I Put A Heat Mat In A Wooden Vivarium

It s such a nice looking enclosure maybe you could eventually use something more naturalistic than paper towels for substrate.

Can i put a heat mat in a wooden vivarium.

I ve got one in mine and it works perfectly. I d suggest getting something like 2 panes of. I d put the probe between the heat mat and the tile. Ever wondered how to install a heat mat if you use a vivarium.

I am setting up my vivarium for my bearded dragons and as this is my first time i was wondering if i have set it up correctly. A heat mat is gonna be pretty ineffective unfortunately. Is the heat mat going to damage the bottom of the vivarium or have i set it up correctly and i m just being. But i still have the same problem with the mat damaging the plastic wood vivarium.

I have secured the heat mat to the bottom of the inside of the vivarium and put the sand on top. Check the top of the tile and when it s a steady 90f set the temp that s showing on the thermostat might be more than 90. Helpful if you own reptiles. Heat mat with wooden vivarium help need advice so i was wondering how exactly i am supposed to set up a heat mat with a wooden vivarium as having it on the outside would mean the heat can t get through the wood but at the same time i ve been told not to use heat mats inside vivarium so what exactly am i supposed to do.

I know it may be a silly question to some of you but is this ok. Heat mats can get quite warm and might possibly scorch your viv and or the shavings not to mention potentially burning your lizard. Well in this video i go through each step on how to do just that.