Heat in your flight cages

These ideas are mainly for use with indoor cages, weatherproof options may need consideration for outdoor aviaries.

For spot heating in an aviary or our flight cage, we've been using a ceramic bulb heat emitter.  CAUTION: Place heat emitter bulbs FAR from any source of water in the cage where birds could accidentally splash the hot bulb and cause it to explode.

TO HOLD YOUR HEAT EMITTER BULB:

Repti Lamp StandT: Use a Reptile Lamp Stand to safely suspend any of Zoo Med's Clamp Lamp (it will fit ok with most any other mfr's lamps and fixtures as well) 

The smaller size fits terrariums up to 20 gallons in size and has a maximum height adjustment of 24"(61 cm) and a maximum length adjustment of 12"(30 cm). fixtures or Drippers above your enclosure. The Reptile Lamp Stand is available in two sizes, both with adjustable height and length as well as power cord clips and a large base "foot" for stability. The larger stand easily adjusts from 8-15"(20-38 cm) long and 20-38"(50-97 cm) high to fit most standard size terrariums.

Heat Emitter bulbs are usually sold for reptiles at PetCo or PetSmart type stores or on the internet from ZooMed.com

http://www.zoomed.com/html/ceramic_heat_emitters.php

or at http://www.healthypets.com/cerheatem.html

or 

or at Flukers - theirs comes available in 3 wattages: 60w or 100w or 150w
http://www.flukerfarms.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=93

(or these guys as a last resort because they only have one wattage choice): 

we use a wire shelf mounted in one corner of the cage

with a (washable plaster of paris type) stone 5 watt rock heater  made by (and available online) ZooMed.com or locally $14.99 @ PetSmart on it (designed for reptiles)

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Here's a photo of how we use it on a wire shelf in our 30x18x18 cages