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Originally Posted by teevee
actually now that i think about it that sounds right, because i have to monitor my turtle's hot rock temperature because if it malfunctions and gets too hot, she won't be able to tell and will sit on it while it burns her.
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I don't know if she wouldn't be able to tell. I think it's more like the hot rock is the only known warm spot in her house, so she stays there even if it gets too warm.
They sell those hot rock things for snakes too. But the book I have about ball pythons, which is the kind of snake we have, says to stay away from hot rocks completely. Better to use a heat lamp with a built in temp control sliding thingamajig, or an under tank heating sheet. With the heat lamp, in a large enough living area, the snake or whatever, can choose the place it wants to be whether it's right under the lamp or just off to the side where it's slightly cooler, or not under it at all.
We have both lamp and under tank heaters for our snake. He prefers the heat lamp and often curls up in the shade of a fake plant to be slightly cooler, and probably to be hidden like snakes like to do.