Quote Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant View Post
No, to get the top of the substrate up to the proper temperatures, you would have to run the UTH so hot that if your snake decided to dig down, he/she would burn him/herself. You also need to consider your ambient temperatures, because UTH's do not really effect air temperatures so if the room gets below 75 degrees you might need a heat lamp as well to maintain your ambient tempertures.

You could use a UTH with just the reptile carpet, or 1/4 inch , maybe a 1/2 inch of aspen
Thanks for all of the help. Sorry to ask so many questions lol. One last one... How exactly do you hook up a UTH to a thermostat so it will turn off the UTH if it gets too hot?