Quote Originally Posted by Hyper Joe View Post
I normally tape a layer or 2 of papertowel down on top of the glass and under the substrate. This will help reduce chances of thermal burns if you do not have a thermostat for the UTH.
Please, please please don't use tape in your snakes enclosure.

If you are worried about burns you need a thermostat or rheostat. There isn't another way around it. Glass can seriously get hot and small snakes can get under, even trapped down under paper towels and then they could possibly get stuck there! That dosen't sound like a safe or plausible solution at all.