Quote Originally Posted by Ladybugzcrunch View Post
I have to set my herpstat to 97F to get a 90-94 F hot spot inside the tub but I have belly heat. You will most likely never be happy with the back heat for pythons. They do better with belly heat. Were me, I would either redesign the rack to 3" 10w belly heat or sell that rack to someone with corns and use the money to buy a belly heat rack. In the mean time, you can melt holes in tubs with lots of things - hot sharp metal object works fine. I personally use a drill or dremel with 1/8 bit to make my holes. Bins never cracked and holes look clean as opposed to all melty looking. I would not set my thermostat any higher than you are going. Actually, I would never set my thermostat to a temperature that would burn me or anything else. Just seems too risky as a fire or burn hazard. Your tubs should only condensate when the snake relieves itself or when it is eating a warm prey item. My tubs also condensate when the snakes push their water bowls to the hot spot but not for any other reason.
Even at 110F I can still touch it without it being too hot. I can leave my hand on it and it doesn't burn me so I'm not worried about the animal being burned. There's no condensation on the bins. The only time the bin condensates is when my big male sheds and he relieves himself while he does it.

Thanks.