Quote Originally Posted by Smulkin
How so? I could maybe see that being the case if the room temp outside the enclosure were cold but all of our little wards do just fine with UTH - none need other heat devices to get their ambient temps where they need to be.
You're correct, I wasn't concise enough in my explanation.
The room temp is quite low (even for most human beings ) therefore the ambients inside the cage are low. I needed the lamp to raise the temps to the correct level. I only have the one snake so don't have a room dedicated to herps (yet! ) where I could justify a space heater or other alternate means of heating.