PVC Owners - How Do You Heat?

[Sauzo]

Like I said before, I just use a RHP in my 48x23x14. I keep the room around 75F so it's easy keeping the cage in the 80s to low 90. Snakes don't need belly heat as long as the ambient is warm enough. My 6ft BCI has never had a UTH, just RHP and she has grown like a weed. Went from a little 18" baby to now 6ft. She is kind of chunky but that's cause I have overfed her a little. If you want belly heat, just throw a flat rock under the RHP and it will heat right on up and provide even more ambient warm air. The RHP I use is a Pro Products PH3 65 watt. When I get my AP cage, i'll do the same thing, just a RHP. I tend to like to have thick substrate to give my snakes something to "dig" into. My BCI likes to make a round divet and curl up in it and just leave her head out. Plus the deeper substrate soaks up more of the river she makes when she goes piss.

Also remember a UTH isn't going to heat the air so if you cant get the cool side high enough, you probably need a bigger RHP or you need to insulate the floor of the cage. Bob at Pro Products told me to put down about a 1/2-1" sheet of rigid insulation between the table and the cage. I did it for awhile but after doing a big cage cleaning where I tore it all down and cleaned each piece, I just put it back on the table with no insulation as it doesn't get cold enough for me since it didn't really look good.

Now don't get me wrong, I use a UTH in my glass cage for my BP but that's because we all know glass is a bad insulator but PVC cages, again I don't see the point. But hey, each to their own and if you feel better with it, go for it