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Winter heating
I've just been given a 120lx60wx50h cm timber enclosure that I'm getting ready for my first snake, more than likely a patternless children's python.
It only has one horizontal light socket at the moment and I can't seem to get the temps up any where near enough with this even a 150w che only really heats the roof, so I think I'm just going to use this socket for a cfl globe for daytime light and use a heat pad/pads under tile instead.
Being reasonably cold here at the moment, enclosure temp is about 10 degrees c at night without heating, would a 50x30cm heat pad covered with tile at one end of the enclosure do much for heating the opposite end? Or would a second, maybe smaller heat pad with a lower t/stat setting be needed to keep the cool end temps up?
I know a vertical heat emitter would work much better than horizontal but this is how I got it and its just been freshly painted and sealed so I don't really want to start adding more fixtures.
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