Hi,
Don't use that faunarium - you will never be able to keep the humidity or temp up in it.
If you can get your money back on it fine but if not keep it as a temp housing for when you need to clean the snakes enclosure thoroughly.
I would go find a suitable sized rubbermaid ( or "really useful box" - try staples either online or in a physical shop ), solder a couple of holes in it to allow for the right humidity level ( start with, say, 5 per short side and see how that works out ) and simply sit it on the heatmat - that way you can move it more over the mat etc if needed.
What I do not see in that pile however is a thermostat. You really need one of those to control the heatmat in most cases.
You can get some from ebay for quite a decent price ( don't buy a dimmer stat for only one mat though as it has a minimum wattage requirement of 40w ).
You might have trouble with the cool end temps depending on your house temps though.
Oh and buy a digital weatherstation with a probe from ebay as well - it will let you measure the humidity and temp at the base unit ( I put this on the cool side while testing ) and the temp at the end of the probe ( I usually pout this in the warm end hide) - I would probably use paper towel for the substrate for at least a short while with a new arrival so I could check the droppings and keep my eye out for mites or anything else dodgy.
dr del
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