desert reptile pets
desert reptile pets
Can i use solely a heat pad for my reptile enclosure?
I just bought a heat pad today.
I will be getting a ball python soon and i keep hearing good and bad things about heat pads. I hear that a lamp is better to so the snake doesn't burrow under the substrate and get burned by the heat pad though the glass. I also keep getting told at pet stores that i should have both a heat pad and a heating lamp, but i suspect that they might just be trying to sell me things i don't need.
I'm thinking I will probably buy a lamp after the heat pad burns out because i would feel better throwing out a light bulb than a whole heat pad (ouch my environment).
Has anyone raised a happy healthy snake with just a heat pad as the heat source?
Should i return this heat pad and get a lamp instead?
And also, I had a choice between a 'rainforest' heat pad (cheaper and produced less heat) and a 'desert' heat pad. Is there a big difference? I ran with the cheaper one.
If the tank is warm enough then you can get by with a heat pad alone, but like the guy above said you wont see your snake very often because it'll want to be over the heat. But, if you do decide to get a lamp watch the heat. Some lamps get way too hot.
And snakes don't need UVB light. They get their nutrients and vitamins from the mice/rats that you feed them so don't waste your money on UVB. Also most snakes are nocturnal (the are awake at night) so they wont be out much anyway. UVB is only for herbivore/omnivore lizards snakes don't need it.
P.S. Heat rocks burn reptiles real easily. And Never put the the heat pad under the Water bowl. If you need to raise the humidity mist the tank twice a day with a squirt bottle.
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