Oh, yeah, sorry that I forgot to mention it. It's a heat pad. I know the dangers of using one but I had issues with the heat lamps since they'd burn out in less than a month and were $15 each. It was getting really expensive. I try to make a thick layer of bedding so it isn't as hot but it condensed and gets moved around overtime. They have logs on both a cool and warm side in case they get too hot. The only way those could be burns is if he laid upside down on it with direct contact to it. Looking at the cage now, there's about 2 inches of bedding covering the heat pad. I felt over the hottest spot and it's a very mild warmth; certainly not enough to burn.Originally Posted by Bogertophis
What kind of heat is used on his enclosure? Those could also be burns if heat is from above, also low humidity. Poor snake...and live rodents left alone with a snake should NEVER happen.A rodent gets hungry and WILL chew on a snake; a snake that's not hungry generally doesn't not fight back...in the wild they
just move on (& they follow their instincts), but in a cage they obviously cannot do that...they just get injured or killed.
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