Picked up my first BP that will spend most of its time in a lab at the school I teach at with a number of other animals. We have an under tank pad on one side with a thermostat. We attached the probe to the bottom of the tank and set the therm to 95 degrees. That part is fine, but we have a thermometer right above that, and the ambient temp is down to 72-74 depending on time of day. On the other side we have a night bulb in and that said stays at 78-80 whenever I check it.

Question is, is the ambient temp on the heat pad side too low despite the thermostat keeping it at 95? Carl (the snake) will bury himself in the aspen shavings on the heat pad side I've noticed to pick up more of the heat I assume.