i would just like to say these forums are cool i,ve learned so much reading about stuff i just bought my first ball 2 weeks ago and everything seems fine with him. He's eaten twice now but only eats live maybe i'll try to get him on f/t . My only question is i have a accurite themometer and i have the probe on the hot side its stuck to the glass bottom over the heating pad and under repticarpet it reads 94-95 degrees does this seem okay because i guess on top off the repticarpet its going to be a couple of degrees below that. Thanks for all your help everyone.