Really useful boxes...

[miffikins]

I'm pickin up my new mack snow leo on tuesday. I'm at uni and all my spare vivs are at home, so I'm goin to get him a very useful box to live in for a few weeks til I go home....

My question is will it be ok to put a heatmat on underneath or will it melt the plastic???

Also, I'm lookin for any suggestions for my 'experiment' which is detailed in my other thread, Leo Substrate (maybe I should change the name of it ) I've not been keeping Leos for a great deal of time and would greatly appreciate the options of any of you pro's out there!

Cheers

[SuperTed]

putting a heatmat under a really useful box works fine for me

[miffikins]

Lovely! Thanks, that is what I shall do then

Cheers

[monkeygirl]

i use really useful boxes and there fine, its really strong plastic. i use 18litres for adults

[Nienna]

Yep we've used really useful boxes before, with heatmats underneath with no problem.

As for substrate to be honest newspaper or kitchen roll works brilliantly in tubs and is very easy to clean too!

[reptilemanspoon]

sounds like you've got it all under control to me :-D

[Tops]

Staples have a deal on the boxes at the moment too!

[Nick417]

Originally Posted by Tops

Staples have a deal on the boxes at the moment too!

Maplins too, only their biggest is only 9litres (big enough for babies) but you do get 4 smaller ones with it (useful for all the odds and sods) for only £9.99. Bargain or what!

[ukgeckos]

what deal is it? i use the 64 litre for a group of 4 aduts
also have the 9 litres for quaranteen or ill geckos and my milli and p. rangei
love the really usefulls are thre so strong!

[welshgaz]

The heat matt shouldn't really get that warm anyway because it should be on a stat to control the temperature in the box...