Been trying radiant heat panel heating for kings and milks. Thus far it is working very nicely. Thought I'd share some details about this type of heating as used on some of my animals.



The pic shows this milksnake cage where I am just using craft paper and newspaper as the substrate so I can lift the paper to see where the snake is periodically.



The snakes bask under the paper under the edge of the RHP heat beam often in the morning, then move to the cool end of the cage some time later.



I see them placing their food bolus under the heat for awhile, and sometimes just their heads. There is a definite movement from warm to cool areas each day, with the cool area being used most of the time thus far.



Also, these heaters do not heat the cage air much (only near the top of the cage.) So the cage can be around 70 deg but the snake under the paper is able to warm up much more than that. The air is not dry, nor is the substrate.



BTW, those crevices (remember from an earlier post) have been ignored by the mtn king. FR called that one. The pyro prefers going under paper and substrate.









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Mark

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