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<blockquote data-quote="Whitelightning777" data-source="post: 127237" data-attributes="member: 26980"><p>Your heat gradient needs to be top hot, bottom cold. No matter what the average temp is, they behave improperly when the heat is under them. Even if there isn't a fatal amount of heat, they will burrow down to the source and never emerge again until it is disconnected.</p><p></p><p>They also react ok when the temp varies horizontally.</p><p></p><p>Some people can get away with going underneath arboreal species, but only because they don't burrow.</p><p></p><p>In my opinion, if you can't move the mat underneath due to adhesion, unplug it and get another one and attach it to either the right or left side as high as possible so the top of the pad is underneath the bottom of the frame.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The gradient is just as important as the temp and hydration.</p><p></p><p>The heat source needs to be level with or higher then the spider. Putting to the source underneath creates many of the injuries and fatalities that occur.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whitelightning777, post: 127237, member: 26980"] Your heat gradient needs to be top hot, bottom cold. No matter what the average temp is, they behave improperly when the heat is under them. Even if there isn't a fatal amount of heat, they will burrow down to the source and never emerge again until it is disconnected. They also react ok when the temp varies horizontally. Some people can get away with going underneath arboreal species, but only because they don't burrow. In my opinion, if you can't move the mat underneath due to adhesion, unplug it and get another one and attach it to either the right or left side as high as possible so the top of the pad is underneath the bottom of the frame. The gradient is just as important as the temp and hydration. The heat source needs to be level with or higher then the spider. Putting to the source underneath creates many of the injuries and fatalities that occur. [/QUOTE]
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