I have a qeustion about lighting and soil.

[infernalis]

Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

I think he means as a heat source for when the lights are out because his house temps are 70°f..

Of course he is, a proper cage would take days to cool down a lot.

We had a power outage last winter, my house got down to the upper 40's before the power came back on, my cage only dropped 5 degrees. (it was still over 80 in my cage.)

The large mass of soil acts as a ballast, it holds the heat and gives it up slowly.

AND with burrowing animals, it's fine to just leave the lights on 24/7... since the animals will go underground when they want darkness and privacy.