Hello,
I keep my ball pythons in tubs and am using heat tape and a rheostat to heat most of the bottom of the tubs. The plastic bottom of the tubs above the heat tape is 95 but on top of the newspaper it is 82 on the side with the heat tape. Sometimes the snakes stay under the paper over the heat tape and sometimes they stay on top of the paper where it is cooler. So is this equivalent to providing a hot and cool side? It seems to me it would be the same as they have the ability to get to hot and cool spots. Is my thinking correct here?
Thanks,
Greg