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temps with and without a hide ?

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I have a small rack on order for my 3 BP's,
Three 41 quart tubs ,, it's by Beegerboxes
The belly heat comes from a 12"x16" heat tape
What I'm wondering is if I should try to get away
from using hides in the tubs.
The surface temp will be at 90 but I was thinking
without a hide the extra heat will circulate
around ,, helping to keep the tubs ambient
temp closer to 80 , or so I hope.
What do you guys think or know about
this ?.
 
I give mine one RBI plastic hide in the back, and the water bowl goes up front. On feeding day I put the hide on the heat. A few days later the BP's start moving the hide off of the heated area, I think they push on it from the inside. By the next feeding day the hide is usually bumping up against the water bowl and they're using very little or no heat.

Also some of my BP's - including the bigger ones - stop eating if they don't have a hide to stuff themselves under. Others don't seem to care and are fine with just the water bowl in the tub.
 
Uugg , mine a pretty much used to having hides, it probably wouldn't be a good idea to change what they are used to.
BP's or so fickle !!! , they can be pains in the BUTT
 
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