Hey guys new here and a ?

[thenosuchlibrary]

Hello, ladies and gents, I am a new BP owner and just looking for any advice that can help me out. I've read through the forums a lot but didn't see the answer to my questions so here goes! I Currently have a tank set up with a UTH, I use a Rheostat to control it, humidity is 60-65% constant and the air temp is 74. Would it be alright to line the bottom with a thin, durable piece of rubber matting and then the Aspen on top. ( I just don't want the glass to get to hot and have burns.)
Thank you and any replies would be great!

[omnibus2]

I heard they can collect feces etc.

[ckwatson]

I think if you put down a 1/2-3/4 inch of the substaight you should be fine.

[cinderbird]

the best way to keep a heating element from getting too hot is to control it -- a thermostat is your best bet.

[Swoof]

You hopefully didn't stick the pad to the bottom of the tank. This is usually how burns happen when the heat pad is stuck directly to the glass heating it up too much. Rheostat of some sort is your best bet either way. If it's already stuck to the glass don't pull it off that usually ruins it. It's best to have the heat pad on a rheostat and use a piece of cardboard to get it close to the tank glass and leaving a gap around the bottom edge of the tank so heat doesn't build up too much.

Thicker layer of bedding means the snake can burrow under the substrate if it wants to.

[omnibus2]

You hopefully didn't stick the pad to the bottom of the tank. This is usually how burns happen when the heat pad is stuck directly to the glass heating it up too much. Rheostat of some sort is your best bet either way. If it's already stuck to the glass don't pull it off that usually ruins it. It's best to have the heat pad on a rheostat and use a piece of cardboard to get it close to the tank glass and leaving a gap around the bottom edge of the tank so heat doesn't build up too much.

Thicker layer of bedding means the snake can burrow under the substrate if it wants to.

How are you supposed to set up the UTH then?

[Kaorte]

You hopefully didn't stick the pad to the bottom of the tank. This is usually how burns happen when the heat pad is stuck directly to the glass heating it up too much. Rheostat of some sort is your best bet either way. If it's already stuck to the glass don't pull it off that usually ruins it. It's best to have the heat pad on a rheostat and use a piece of cardboard to get it close to the tank glass and leaving a gap around the bottom edge of the tank so heat doesn't build up too much.

Thicker layer of bedding means the snake can burrow under the substrate if it wants to.

This really won't be practical for most users of belly heat.

The proper way to use a UTH is to adhere it to the bottom of the enclosure, either using the permanent sticky that it comes with or using aluminum foil tape.

You must control the UTH with a thermostat to prevent burns. Any kind of re-usable substrate will get dirty to the point where it is no longer cleanable. Your best bet is a UTH on a thermostat with disposable substrate.

[xxxxdopeyxxxx]

You could put repti carpet under your substrate instead of the rubber matting

[Swoof]

You hopefully didn't stick the pad to the bottom of the tank. This is usually how burns happen when the heat pad is stuck directly to the glass heating it up too much. Rheostat of some sort is your best bet either way. If it's already stuck to the glass don't pull it off that usually ruins it. It's best to have the heat pad on a rheostat and use a piece of cardboard to get it close to the tank glass and leaving a gap around the bottom edge of the tank so heat doesn't build up too much.

Thicker layer of bedding means the snake can burrow under the substrate if it wants to.