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    Re: Help with temperature

    Quote Originally Posted by patientz3ro View Post
    I would ONLY use a night lamp though. 24hrs of bright light is stressful as hell.

    Another option would be to make the substrate quite a bit deeper, and possibly even put him back into the travel carrier, then put that inside the tank. Obviously that would be using the UTH and NO lamps.

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    This is absolutely ridiculous. 24 hours of bright light while not ideal isn't going to harm the snake, whereas an unregulated UTH could easily hurt the snake plus the fact that it is a fire risk.

    Thickening the substrate layer is never recommended when using a UTH. BP's are known to dig into the substrate and sit directly on the bottom of the cage. By thickening the substrate you also risk increasing the temperature of the glass.

    Lamps even white lamps are the way to go in this situation. If it was going to be more than a few days I would recommend getting an infrared heat lamp but even then a good BP cage should have a nice dark hide anyway.
    Last edited by The Serpent Merchant; 12-05-2013 at 10:53 PM.
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