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liquidleaf
at Mon Mar 12 16:10:13 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by liquidleaf ]
Sorry if I worded that in a misleading way. I meant to say that too thick of a layer of substrate over a UTH can have an insulating effect, trapping all of the heat below or in the substrate, and not allowing it to get above the substrate and into the tank. For a burrowing snake, this would probably be ok, but for a snake that just hangs out on top of the substrate, temps need to be measured at the surface of the substrate.
Sorry if I was unclear. ----- Lauren Madar - OphidiaGems.com
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