So I has my girl in her lay box, which is her old 20 gallon terrarium, and i put her strong heat lamp on the mesh wiring stuff. I opened it - the terrarium, which has one of those sliding tops - to take my girl out and soak her to get off the sand. Anyway, I came back and the lamp melted the mesh and the plastic rim of the terrarium together. Now the top is stuck halfway open, and i can't move it because of the mesh. Any suggestions???
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I agree that it may need to be replaced. I've found that putting some foil over the plastic cross parts helps protect the plastic from the heat of the bulb. As far as the mesh goes though, I'd get a top that uses a metal mesh rather than a plastic mesh which will just melt again. Otherwise you could cut the mesh from underneath the bulb so it isn't in the way.
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