Quote Originally Posted by Malum Argenteum View Post
UTHs/heat mats/heat tape are a good way to provide a warm surface for belly heat. They don't heat the air (much at all), and they don't provide a gradient (the snake is either on the heat or off the heat). Just belly heat "works" for lots of people's snakes, apparently, but it is far less than ideal.

With an RHP you should be able to put it on the warm side, and the PVC insulates well enough that the cool side stays in a reasonable zone. It may be that in a cool room it would be better to have the RHP slightly away from one end (so that the cool side catches a little more heat). And as mentioned, if the rrom is really cool, an additional underbelly heat source might be beneficial (I put my bottommost enclosures on a sheet of styro insulation to help keep the bottoms a little warmer, and I use coco chip substrate which retains some heat).
Yes, it's for belly heat. My question was more so that with my room temperature range (68-72) do you guys think that it is nescessary to have both a UTH and a RHP or should I be good with just a RHP. Also that if that same type ZooMed UTH would work on the AP cage (wasn't sure if it would be bad for the plastic or something) but it sounds like based on your answer, a UTH on AP should be fine. Leaving just the - do you guys think it's necessary in my scenario to have both?