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Originally Posted by daddio207
By adding a way to control the temp of a UTH you are adding an item that when it fails it fails in the OFF position. Since stats are unnecessary with corn snakes specifically, why add something that could cost the life of the animal if it fails.
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I'm still not sure I understand why corns specifically somehow inherently don't need regulation with heat mats. I have a small mat on a tub that is appropriately sized for a 10g tank that unregulated sits at around 95-97°F below the substrate. It's fine for the BP it's currently heating, especially since she doesn't seem interested in burrowing, but I don't think I'd put a corn in there. My very large ZooMed mat hits 140°F, and while that certainly helps properly heat a 40g tank, that's still quite a hot spot for a corn snake cage.
