Alright I got a thermostat and a better thermometer. the better thermometer is now reading 88 on the hot side and 81 on the cool. My thermostat unfortunately doesn't have a display of how high the temp is, but i can use the other probe to check it every once in awhile to make sure it's staying 88. I set the thermostat to turn the pad off if it gets to 91-92. I think the major problem I had was a horrible thermometer, I put some different bedding in there last night and now this new thermometer says the humidity is 80% which is way too high. I'm going to try switching back to the aspen and see if it will hold everything steady. I'll take some pics of him soon so you guys can see him! Thanks everyone.