So--do I need either one or what? Right now I'm using a uth pad in a plastic enclosure with just a little screen on top, which I keep covered for humidity since it gets dry here in the winter. Since there's not much mesh on my enclosure, the heat stays up in the 80s/90 on the hot side, but I've read/heard some things about having heat emitters anyway so that the top of the cage stays warm too---didn't make much sense to me because, well, heat rises right? Is there any benefit to an above tank heat lamp in addition to my pad?
Also--lights--I feel like I"ve read a million caresheets and about 1/2 of them say I need a red lamp, the other half say it's really just for viewing and BPs are actually happier without it. The room I keep my snake in has a decent amount of natural light during the day. Unfortunately I can't post pictures right now because I lent my camera to someone, but there's a skylight not far from the enclosure and I live in a loft with low peaked ceilings, so the tank gets a bunch of light from it when the sun's up. Do you think that's enough or am I confusing the little guys circadian rhythms?
Any thoughts?
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