Can Reptile Heat Mats Catch Fire

But keeping your reptile room easily accessible and clutter free is one of the best ways to prevent fire.

Can reptile heat mats catch fire.

Would the shirts or base of the carrier catch fire. I ll be keeping him in a large cat carrier made of a sort of nylon and i ll be covering the bottom with shirts. Dust your heat lamps give your heat pads room to breathe and don t put anything that produces heat next to anything that can burn paper cardboard wood houseplants fabric etc. But i can understand that trust of an item goes out the window when something that bad happens.

You may have had a faulty one from a bad batch or something. I need to get a heat mat reptile not human to keep a baby rat warm but before i go out and buy anything i need to know if it s a fire hazard so i don t end up cooking the poor thing. It may be a bit late for advice for yourself now but if anyone else i can say ive been around a lot or heat mats seen them ripped apart by lizards and sat on by snakes and i can honestly say that the first time ive heard that. Anything thats electrical and gives off heat good malfunction and cause a fire they should never be used without a stat and you should keep an eye on their general wear and tear.

I think they are just stupid but is it really tht likely to catch fire. Can reptile heat bulbs catch fire.