My rack has belly heat. I prefer belly heat my wife cools down the house at night and the belly heat seems to keep the temps good. If your house is usually warmer then back heat would work fine.
(GREG) As for ditching the decor that is my wife's doing. She wants the snakes to feel at home and be comfortable. Can't argue with her she is always right.
Gotcha Josh,Ive had my racks with belly for 2 1/2 years no proplem Helix stat has never failed anything can but I trust helix. get watch you like its a matter of choice Ive never tried larger racks with back heat so dont really know but my snakes are toasty with their belly heat
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Let your stat go nuts and see what happens i have a friend that had belly heat and lost 3 snakes from a rogue stat !
I would agree 100% there is no difference thats why i use back if the stat goes nuts they have a chance !
So your basing back heat vs belly heat on your friends three snakes, while hundreds of thousands of snakes are doing great on it right now? Did you ask what kind of stat he used? Probably cheap.
Any chance you have any info on what happened to snakes that had back heat with a thermostat that was faulty?
- Matt
Come here little guy. You're awfully cute and fluffy but unfortunately for you, you're made of meat
I prefer belly heat for a more efficient basking spot. Heat travels vertically, not horizontally. So most of your back heat is traveling up the side (vertically) and not into (horizontally) the enclosure.
I use Helix thermostats with a back up thermostat, so I don't worry about failing thermostats.
nice 32qt. I have 3 need some more.once you get more BP's you can ditch the cage decor & get some cypress,add a hide & crock thats all they need their whole life.