Opie
Location : North Wales Join date : 2015-10-14 Posts : 1
| Subject: New owner set-up help (heating) Wed Oct 14, 2015 11:41 am | |
| Recieving my 1st hedgehog in about 4 weeks, I've already got myself a zoo-zone2 cage (love the size but the first 2 were damaged on delivery) so I'm not holding my breath it wil last very long. I live in the Uk and just wanted to know what other zoo zone 2 owners are using to heat them up. I'm not too keen on using a heat pad with a plastic cage (petnap heat pads seem to be the best as they have a thermostat built in). I've also looked at CHE hearing but obviously this is more expensive and I haven't really got the space for it. I will be using fleece liners as flooring and have a fleece bunker den with fleece strips in it.
Can any zoo zone2 owners share their heating set-up? Is a heatpad safe and sufficient enough? Can a small CHE rest on the zoozone2's top vent and not overheat the cage? | |
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Snufflehogs Admin
Location : Northwest, UK Join date : 2012-04-12 Posts : 6968
| Subject: Re: New owner set-up help (heating) Wed Oct 14, 2015 3:35 pm | |
| Hello! I occasionally use zoozones when I separate my hoglets from mum and I've found heat mats work for me. If you're worried about it overheating etc you can use them with a thermostat by Habistat. I would highly recommend you use a Habistat heat mat if you decide on using a mat. They are not the cheapest on the market, but they are the safest and will last a long time. I've never used a CHE, so don't know too much about them. If your home is usually warmish a heat pad should also be fine. As for the ZZ2, if it's arrived in one piece it should be fine! I've had mine about 3 years now and they've had wildies and all sorts living in them! | |
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Emmab
Join date : 2015-10-11 Posts : 9
| Subject: Re: New owner set-up help (heating) Wed Oct 14, 2015 5:37 pm | |
| I haven't got a hedgehog yet either. I plan to buy a viv instead of a zoozone as I actually want to use a CHE. I had a CHE years ago when I owned a chameleon so just wish now that I hadn't sold the gear. Habistat is a great make. My house isn't a hot house. My husband is very frugal with the boiler so I figured a CHE would give a better all round temp to the viv without having cold spots. I thought that perhaps, if you had just a heat mat (in a coldish house) then there would be cold areas in the zoozone that weren't touching the heat mat. | |
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