I’ve been out of reptile breeding and the hobby for about 10 years or so.

I’m back at a point in my life where I have kids and they love reptiles just as much as me so I decided to get back into it.

I have 5 BPs all weighing around 200-400g. They are currently housed in a AP 330 rack system with (9) 6qt tubs.

The rack came with 2 or 3 inch belly heat however here is my question (sorry for the long intro).

My snakes are in the basement which I work daily for my remote job. The basement is a typical basement that stays cool all year long. Between 65-69.

Unfortunately I can’t do a space heater because it would run all day and be very expensive. So I decided to run back heat as well to the rack because I was having a hard of time keeping the heat up with just belly heat (also I had to set the probe for the belly heat to 105 just to get to that 90 hot spot and even still the front of the 6qt tub was still 71 ish.

Once I got the back heat it was super easy to regulate the temps and has been working really well.

However I spoke to someone and they were telling me I shouldn’t be doubling up even though I have probes monitoring both heat panels.

Sure there is a risk that the prob/temp controller malfunctions but I’m by the rack almost 10 hours a day so I feel that risk is a risk I have to take until I can dedicate a snake room.

Am I off here, or is this some serious danger. If it is. What is my alternative approach. Do I try to insulate the rack and just go belly heat?

The ambient temp with belly heat does not get to that 80 degrees that is recommended even in the back of the tub hence the back heat.

Thoughts?


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