Hide caves

So I'm wondering about heating the caves you can get with the top and bottom. How do you get the belly heat there if the bottom of the hide is blocking it?

Its likely you're using fish tank hides if they have bottoms which aren't really good for your snakes because of the bottom. Ideally, you want hides that lift off your ball and don't allow him/her to cling to the inside.

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I meant like this.

I have never seen those, but they look pretty cool. The ramped hole is a great entrance point and the hide provides tons of security. You could go a bit bigger when choosing size and let your snake grow into it, just use moss or something inside to make it more secure. It still makes it easy to find your snake and take him/her out too.

Those are best used for humid hides. Put some cypress mulch, eco earth, spaghnum moss, etc. in it and the snakes will love it.

Warm-side hides over a UTH should have an open-bottom design so the heat can get into them easily.

How would you heat it with a uth since its got that bottom? It's relatively new from zilla. And it actually covers the light from getting in with it closed.

I figured. Would've just loved to use it for a hot hide though.

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I meant like this.

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Ohhhhh so do they separate in the middle? That's super cool

Yeah they separate in the middle

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dlloHvq-to0
Here's a video review of it.