Quote Originally Posted by starmom View Post
Woops, sorry, I meant to answer that: because they are to young for belly heat...umbilicus and all...wind up frying the little buggers
May I ask exactly where you got this information from? Is it personal experience where you accidentally fried a hatchling? If it was from your research then I would expect a link to be provided.

I have 11 hatchlings on belly heat right now. 11 perfectly healthy "un-fried" hatchlings. I'll happy post some belly pics if need be.

My experience - personal hands on daily experience - is that belly heat is fine as long as it's controlled as all flexwatt must be anyways.