Quote Originally Posted by squidlike View Post
I don't have it hooked up to a thermostat. I think I might have just had a defective pad, but I don't know. I use this brand of pads on my geckos, too, and I know lots of people who have never had problems with them. I plugged it in (not on the cage) just to see and I noticed that it would go through weird phases where it would be an okay temp, and then get really, really hot.
You need a thermostat to regulate the temps. Heat pads can get very hot and burn your snake, or even kill it.