Quote Originally Posted by Mochelem View Post
with a single tank I dont recommend a temp gun, you can get a digital thermometer at wal mart for $10. People who use temp guns mostly have multiple ball pythons and it makes more sense to buy a temp gun that a $10 thermometer for every enclosure.

Also placing a probe inside the tank can be bad, if the snake urinates or water is spilled on the probe it will tell the thermostat that its a lower temp, this will make the heating pad turn on and get too hot.

I dont want to over load you with info here though, it seems to me like you might be kinda new to this. Once you get a thermometer with a probe and a thermostat we will gladly step you through setting it up on this web site...

Bottom line is you need to get the thermometer and thermostat ASAP...
I suggested a temp gun because usually you can pick up a decent one for the same price as a digital thermometer with probe.
As for the thermostat. The urine would cause a liquid state over the thermostat seeing the probes are sealed this is not a proble. However it will create a denser mass creating a larger heat sink making it more accurite.
Having the probe under gives you an inaccurite reading it is more accurite having it where the snake would lay.