Under Tank Heaters?????

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1) A lamp is not nearly as powerful as the sun.

2) Ball pythons are nocturnal and get zero benefits from the sun.

3) They normally stay in termite mounds and rodent burrows all day and all night unless they are hungry. The termite mounds and rodent burrows stay insulated and keep a constant temp through the day and night.

4) Also, heat lamps in closed setups like we use to keep our snakes, kills the humidity and will often cause a bad shed.

5) Ball pythons absorb most of their heat from their belly, not the top of their body.

1) Well, the sun is millions of kilometers away, where as the lamp is inches away and focused in an enclosed volume. The heat produced is equivalent and in some cases greater.

2) I've got day and night lamps. The night lamp provides the heat while remaining unseen by the bp since its not in its visible spectrum.

3) Covering the insides of your hides in mulch or some type of insulator will work great and increase humidity levels.

4)Heres how I plan on increasing humidity levels, tell me what you think. I've got an old decorative fountain my moms throwin out with a working pump. So I plan on building a tiny waterfall thats about 10-12 inch's high which should increase humidity.

5) Lamp heats ground, ground heats snakes belly.