Frog rack setup

[4mb3rNich0l3]

Wouldnt the rack work like it would for leopard geckos? If you keep it on a thermostat it will keep it from cooking the frogs wouldnt it? Talking belly heat

[dsmalex97]

You don't want to use belly heat for frogs though. You put it on the side of the tub instead of the bottom like a snake or gecko rack. Right now I have my baby pac in a kritter keeper with heat tape taped to the side of it with no thermostat and it holds proper temps. I would never do this with it on the bottom though! I take a look every day to make sure hes not like pressed up against the side. The little guy likes his water dish a lot, and plops right next to it lol.

[mikesfrogs]

Depends on the substrate. I use bottom heat on my frogs. They are on a paper towel in a 1/4 in of water. These frogs have been kept like that for years with no problems. It is a personal opinion on where to keep the heat.

You don't want to use belly heat for frogs though. You put it on the side of the tub instead of the bottom like a snake or gecko rack. Right now I have my baby pac in a kritter keeper with heat tape taped to the side of it with no thermostat and it holds proper temps. I would never do this with it on the bottom though! I take a look every day to make sure hes not like pressed up against the side. The little guy likes his water dish a lot, and plops right next to it lol.

[dsmalex97]

Depends on the substrate. I use bottom heat on my frogs. They are on a paper towel in a 1/4 in of water. These frogs have been kept like that for years with no problems. It is a personal opinion on where to keep the heat.

Yeah you use a thermostat though right?

What's cool about that is they can burrow down, and not get burned. And you really don't have to worry too much about ambient temps because there right on top of the tape so they stay nice and warm. I always wondered if that would work! Good info, thanks for making this thread.

[mikesfrogs]

Yes i use a thermostat.

[4mb3rNich0l3]

what temp do you keep it at?

Depends on the substrate. I use bottom heat on my frogs. They are on a paper towel in a 1/4 in of water. These frogs have been kept like that for years with no problems. It is a personal opinion on where to keep the heat.

[mikesfrogs]

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[Flumper]

im going to try the exo terra heat cable, has anyone tried this or heard anything bad about it? im going to be running along the back wall of my rack and controling through a thermostate

[RibbitSrUs]

I have zoo-med heat cable on my rack and it works perfectly. Only thing with the heat cable is whatever the package says its a little shorter then advertised. I bought the 39 foot one and only 33 feet of it is usable. But other then that i haven't had a issue with it.

[Ra]

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Where did you buy the frog rack?

Could you provide a picture of how the heat tape is fixed to the back of the rack? Are the shelves shorter than the depth of the rack?

[Ivan M]

I fixed the pic for you Mike.