how hot do i set me thermostat for ball pythons?

[The Serpent Merchant]

Should I be placing the probs on the heat tape before I program the herpstat? It will be on the second shelf out of 4 shelfs.

You can set it up first, but you are going to have to adjust the settings once everything is setup as well.

I would suggest you use the following base settings:

Output Mode: heat (dimming) aka proportional

Daytime Temperature: 95 F

Night Drop: off