well during summer when i got almost all my ball pythons i did not use any heat cause the house was really hot around 87 to 90 but now its starting to get colder and ill will be ordering heat tape soon. i have had a helix for about 2 months now brand new opened it today got my cousin to let me borrow a extra strip he had and i was trying to figure how its going to be when i get mine so i set everything up put the temp to 90 put the probe under the a tub and put a temp probe i had in the tub i was wondering if the tape would be warm to the touch and should my snakes be cold or warm to the touch thanks