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I do have a regular 100watt bulb (household, SoftWhite) that keeps the brooder at 100 nicely. The thing on the side in the pic is just the flash reflecting off a food bowl in the box next to the brooder. (the room is my "critter" room. I keep all my caged pets there and my igs, who free roam)...

It's amazing how much heat those containers can hold in, so make sure you have a thermometer to make sure they don't get too hot. Once they get their body temps up, the little guys produce a lot of heat of their own. A 125 watt can be too hot sometimes. If it is, just pick up a cheap, plug in...

Oh, and if you use larger sized containers, the modular wire shelving you can get at Lowe's, Home Depot etc is great. If your containr is wider that one shelf, simply overlap two of them and secure with zip ties (Zip Ties, the new Duct Tape!)

one thing that makes a great lid for the Sterlite (or similar) containers is an old wire refridgerator shelf. I drill a few holes along one side of the box and use zip ties to make the hinge. Stands up much better than hardware cloth to my cats jumping on top and much easier to attach! The stop...