Ok. So initially I was set on purchasing 2 Ranco t-stats to control two individual UTCs on my ball's enclosure (one UTC is not adequate, as my apartment is around 69-70 degrees and the proper thermal gradient wouldn't be achieved), but after reading some horror stories regarding non-proportional t-stats, I've decided to bite the bullet and invest in a Herpstat 2. Now, I want the Herpstat 2 to individually control the UTCs on the warm and cool end of my enclosure, but I also wanted to hook up another heat pad to my blue tongue skink's enclosure that would be the same temperature as the heat pad on the low temp. end of my ball's cage (~80 degrees).

What I'm confused about is how to do this if there's only one probe? Can I just get an extension cord, apply the probe to the snake's enclosure and fidget with it until it's approximately 80, then by plugging in the skink's heat pad to the extension cord and connecting it to the t-stat, the skink's pad will also be 80? I have zero understanding of wiring pads together, and frankly it scares the crap out of me, so if someone could clarify how I could achieve setting up 3 heat pads (2 x at ~80 degrees, 1 X at ~90) on a Herpstat 2, that would be glorious. Thanks!