Heat Lamps or UTHs

[Lankyrob]

I have ceramic heating elements (heatbulbs) in with all my snakes. This theory that only an UTH can provide belly heat is silly, how do snakes in the wild get belly heat??? The sun heats the floor and they absorb the heat - a heat bulb heats the substrate and the snake absorbs the heat, its exactly the same process.

[Kingsnakechris]

Originally Posted by Lankyrob

I have ceramic heating elements (heatbulbs) in with all my snakes. This theory that only an UTH can provide belly heat is silly, how do snakes in the wild get belly heat??? The sun heats the floor and they absorb the heat - a heat bulb heats the substrate and the snake absorbs the heat, its exactly the same process.

Do you use tubs? Just curious how you would use ceramics in a sterilite/rubbermaid