I'll try to make this less painful, as I guess most reading this have heard all the heat mat questions before...I know I've just read quite a few!
I'm struggling to understand how you can get a temperature gradient from using one. As far as I can see where the heat mat is it'll be warm, and where it isn't it'll be cooler...a gradient implies it drops at a certain rate between the two ends of the viv. Or is it that the mats have a gradient built into them?
by 'gradient' think of providing a 'warm spot and cool spot'
i've never heard of any heatmats having a built-in gradient though mats do tend to have hot spots and heat up using contact ie. if something is covering the mat that part will heat up more effectively and appear warmer than a part of the mat that's uncovered. a typical example of this is seen when using heat strips for hatchling tubs - where the tubs rest the mat heats up more than where it is exposed to the air between tubs....
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos Location:Leeds/York/Selby area
Yet another heat mat question
Posted - 10/05/2010 : 13:45:31
