The UTH is designed to stay on all the time. I have mine pluged in 24/7. Have never had a problem. What I do is place newspaper over the area of glass where the UTH is. The glass will be hot. Then I place my reptile bark over the newspaper and to cover the rest of the cage bottom. This works for me. You will have to decide what works for you. Also have the lights on timers. Mine are set to come on at day break and go off around dusk.

It's recommended not to keep snakes in same enclosure unless you are breeding them. They are basically solitary animals in the wild. You are asking for trouble keeping 2 or more together. They will get stressed. Not eat. If one has a disease the other can catch it. Don't do it.

Just more of my 2 cents.

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