Quote Originally Posted by Ballpythoncrazy View Post
oh yeah that reminds me! If I set the UTH to 85 degrees, but have about 2 inches of substrate over it, won't that cause the hot spot to be a bit lower than 85? Because the substrate will block out some of the heat?
2 inches of substrate is way too much when using a UTH. If you crank the heat up to get your 85 degrees on the top layer of substrate the actual bottom of the cage will be too hot and when the snake burrows it can burn itself.