3 weeks ago, I got a regular female baby bp. Shes been eating like a beast, has not rejected a meal, and is currently in shed. The only problem right now is the temperatures shes in. On the second week that I've had her, I bought a etekcity temp gun, and it works great, but it keeps reading that the temperature is at 85, or lower. I have a 20 gallon enclosure setup with a zoo med 10-20 gallon heat mat, controlled by a Exo Terra thermostat that can control 100 watts. At first i had it set to 91, as i was only using 1 inch of substrate, but the next week, when I got the temp gun, is started reading temperatures at around 81-82 degrees, so I bumped up the temperature to 93, and the temp gun was still reading similar temperatures, only when i set the thermostat to 94 did the temp gun start reading things like 85. I was a bit happier, but i wanted it to be higher, as ball pythons need a hot spot at around 90. One thing i noticed, is that the thermometer/hygrometer that I have, is reading that the heat mat is at around 96-98 degrees Fahrenheit, so dont get me wrong, the temperature of the surface where my bp is laying should be way higher than 85 degrees Fahrenheit. One time my thermometer was reading that the heat mat was 101 degrees Fahrenheit, I forgot to read the temperature with the temp gun, but I definitely knew there was something up with either the thermostat, or the thermometer, except I'm not 100% sure of it. While shes in shed right now, I'm keeping the humidity around 75%, and misting it down 2-3 times a day, so during this week, the temp guns been reading really low temperatures at around 75 degrees, but I'm thinking only because of the damp things in the enclosure after misting it, for example, all of the fake plants are really wet, and the substrate is a very tiny bit damp, but it dries quickly (by the way I've been using zoo med Eco Earth) and i know that its not THAT cold in her enclosure. I live in San Diego, its autumn, its pretty dry, but i dont know why it would be that cold with the heat mat at 98 degrees. Keep in mind that when I was talking about misting my enclosure, I've only started doing that THIS week, and that the cold temperatures, have been happening since the beginning of week 2. Please correct me about the misting part if im wrong, and if this information is necessary, Id like to point out that outside of her enclosure is around 71 degrees Fahrenheit. Before I started misting the enclosure, the cold side would stay at around 75 degrees Fahrenheit. By the way, im 12 years old, and i did not impulse buy my snake, I did 5 months of research before buying her.