Quote Originally Posted by Spaniard View Post
The reptile UTHs are designed to run 24/7; human heat pads are not designed for this application and can catch fire.
Not to mention they are used for the heating of HUMANS, not snakes. Your core body temp is 98.6*. Ball pythons are meant to be kept at max 94*. If you need to heat up a human, the heating source must be higher than 98.6* which is much too high for a ball python.

It will burn the snake at some point. Those human heating pads get well past 115* which could even cook the snake.