I hear what you are saying. I would love pics and any additional input.

I love the pics of the pyros in the rock cracks. So much so that I want to see it in captivity (yes, for me).

The heat panel is not as large compared to the cage as the picture implies, but you are correct, it is far larger than a baby pyro, meaning overkill. It heats the objects directly below in a manner as does the sun, not quite like a light bulb. Material below (soil, rocks, paper folds, animals) absorb the heat.

Substrate is soil. Snake can get cooler as it goes down. Hey this part works in my setup. Heater heats top "rock" the most, bottom rock the least. The snake can thermoregulate that way, or just go in the soil or move laterally under the myriad of objects in the cage (paper, PVC, etc).

The heat panel is only 28 watts, and on the controller it averges far less power draw than that, as this type of heater is very efficient at heating objects below as I have seen. The area under the rocks over the soil does not dry out (as fast) like when Flexwatt is under the cage. So actually, the snake under these objects has localized humidity and avoids dehydration. So far that is. Need more time to truly assess, as this experiment just started.
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Mark

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