I was just sitting here brainstorming with myself as to how I could up the ambient temp of my enclosure... I want to move it into my den but the thing is, that room doesn't have any baseboard heaters and runs about 5-7 degrees lower than the rest of my place. Right now, I am keeping my air temp in the enclosure upwards if 75 (not for lack of trying to get it higher, and that's with a heat lamp running in addition to the UTH.)

So here's what i was thinking....I was thinking to remove the substrate from the warm side (I dont want to remove it completely because I like to see his little pathways from time to time so I will know he's been out and about). I was thinking that it might let more heat rise up into the air and warm up the cool end. A stretch? Possibly. Anyway, I was just going to put down newspaper on the warm end but I'd want to hide the newspaper so I was thinking about what I could lay over it that wouldn't block heat so much as, say, Repticarpet. I randomly came up with refrigerator shelf liner (hopefully you know the stuff I mean. It comes on a roll, assorted colors, used so your fridge or cupboard shelves don't get scratched up.). It's a foam type material and is a crisscross pattern so there is holes I'm thinking the heat could rise up through... I was just wondering if anyone knows if that stuff would be safe for reptiles? I cant see why not. Shockingly, my Google search for "fridge liner + snake" yielded no results aside from news reports of people finding loose snakes inside their fridges! :|

Does anyone even think that might work? Or have a better idea that doesn't involve increasing the wattage of the overhead light or running a space heater 24/7?