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I'm getting ready to build a cage for my adult Speckled Kingsnake and need your opinions on heat. I've read in various posts that snakes like belly heat best and don't really bask like lizards. However, I've also read about the advantages of radiant heat from above - don't have to worry about waterproofing or snake burrowing through the substrate - it heats from above like the sun and also heats objects in the cage which the snake can lay on. Thanks.

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I use both lights and UT heaters, though in the summer I unplug the heaters, using just the light. If the room is pretty warm all year round you only need the light.
Drew Z.