again.... i never said i didnt want to hook one up. all i have said is i dont have one hooked up and i do have a heat gun. ill have to wait for my dad to get home though and i held my hand to both the bottom of my leos cage and the snakes cage for around 1 minutes my leo has a thermosate and it says about 88-90 and the bottom of the snakes tube feel about the same. and yeah i got the snake at southern agriculture and all the ones around here take care of there animals the sale. atleast 99% of them