whats wrong!?

Someone else from here just had that happen, don't ask me who :), I've slept since then. But their snake's tummy had scratches on it too, but I think I remember him/her saying it was just from the log in the tank.

If the tank is nearby something that you can clamp the lamp onto, or find a standing lamp that will hold the wattage bulb you're using, maybe that would work. Is it sitting on the screen lid?

yea, its on the screen lid.

Does the lamp you have have a clamp that came with it? Usually the lamp being on the screen doesn't pose a problem, but maybe he just sat against the screen a little too long and didn't realize it, poor little guy.

If you don't have a clamp, you can find maybe a standing lamp, or bendable desk lamp that you might be able to use. Try a couple of things, see what works best. :)

I have a clamp, I should have 3, but I think I threw some of them out. I'll check and see....wait...i have one...but the parts are all shuffled up...I dont know what goes to what...

The bigger half circle pieces go around the base of the lamp, if it's ceramic or whatnot, and then the smaller half circle pieces go around metal ball on the end of the clamp. It should have a little screw in the middle that you can twist to make the half circle pieces tighten around what they are holding. Hope that helps.

yea, it does....but I think im missing a peice. Anwho, im off to the petshop for mealworms.

You really should consider getting rid of the heat lamp entirely and just using a heatpad for warmth. Aside from being safer, it uses less electricity. Most importantly, belly heat is much better than overhead heat for ball pythons.

I have a heat pad, but the problem is it is shared with my leopard geckos tank. I'll explain.

So, my ball python is on the right, and my leopard gecko is on the left, I have a backdrop between them, the rainforest side is on cupids side, the desert side is on teco and gidgets side. See how that works? And the heat pad is in the middle, so half the heatpad is on techo, half is on cupid. But I do have a heater in my closet (my closet is HUGE,it has chairs and fridgerators in it, thats where they are)so my closet stays around 80-85*F all the time. What should I do?

I think you could probably ditch the lamp since your closet never goes below 80 anyway. You should be good to go. :)

Yeah, lamps always make me nervous. Not to mention, if you rely on them being your only heat source and they burn out, your herps have no heat for the day until you return.
I think the heatpad underneath the tank should suffice.