I've went out and bought 2 digital thermometers and a 150w CHE, seems to have helped. Temps are now staying 80-85 cool side and 90-95 warm side. Also, Monty is doing great on the small rats. I've only been feeding him rats for 2 weeks now... been told pythons sometimes have a hard time "upgrading" from mice to rats. He's been chomping down like a pro! It's awesome. Anyways, thank you all for the advise and hopefully I can find more info here. It's nice to find a place where I can find info and others that share my choice in pets. As I'm sure most of you know, most ppl aren't keen on snakes as pets lol.