Heat Mats produce ultra long wavelength infra
red heat. This wavelength is invisible to the
human eye and tends to furnishings in the cage
rather than the air. This action of heating is
very similar to the sun and it has the ability
to heat anything that it strikes but with the
air temperature remaining much lower. Reptiles
absorb this at in a manner very similar to
basking in a natural enviroment. Heat mats do
get warm but provide a very gentle warmth which
the animal can sit under or on top of. Used under
normal conditions the mats cannot burn the animal.