Over the past few months I have decided to make changes to my husbandry. I now would recommend using a halogen bulb on a dimmer for your hot spot, and uvb for all snakes. Of course, you’ll want to research which halogen wattage and uvb light will work best for your specific animal, but this is what I have started to change all of my enclosures to. I no longer feel like a ceramic heat emitter and/or heat mat will provide the correct type of heat to help these animals thrive, and those types of heat should be used for supplemental use only for increasing ambient temps and helping with the heat gradient. :)
wow im glad I got recommended this ive been really thinking about getting a western hognose as my first snake. Do you think you need a heat lamp and a heating pad or should a heating pad with a thermometer be enough? Also another question ive been wondering is how often do you need to change the aspen bedding?
I try to not go longer than 3 months when changing my aspen but I’m sure many people have different opinions. A heat mat with a thermostat should be fine but honestly my hognose seems to use the heat lamp more than some of my other snakes
As long as you regularly spot clean you can use them shedding as a schedule of when to change out the bedding. That's what a breeder friend of mine does.😊
Hi great video🔥wanted to ask since I'm going to be making a bioactive enclosure for my hognose.will abg mix be good as substrate.and another thing is can I just use a heat lamp or do I need a heating pad
