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Re: Burmese on Heat Cable and Ceramic Tile
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Originally Posted by trailblazer295
I would recommend using heat panels, lower power usage, more wide spread heat which is good for a big heavy snake. Basking the whole body under rather then a more focused heat emitter bulb. Also lower profile and no burn risks. I'm a big fan of heat panels seems to be the ideal heat source for anything that doesn't require UV light.
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They're a good heat source even for those that do require uv (which of course is all reptiles anyway  ).
The mercury vapour heat/uv bulbs are not very effective because a) they cannot be used with a thermostat so are only safe in an enclosure large enough for them not to overheat the viv and b) the uv output is not great.
Far better to use a heat source and a proper uv tube (Arcadia or Zoomed. In tests the Exo Terra ones are spectrally poor and not to specification and don't last very long).
That said for dinural species in particular a basking light is preferable to an rhp but still with a separate uv source.
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