Quote Originally Posted by mrht07 View Post
Well its a baby so I have a 10 gallon tank for it. I bought one of those zilla basic tropical kits with a 5.5 light dome that is powered by a day blue light bulb. it also has a heating pad as well, I have the heating on the outside bottom center of the cage. the temp gauge sticks to the cage itself. so im suppose to have one side heated and the other not?
Your snake needs to be able to regulate its temperature. One side of the cage needs to be warmer than the other.

Please read through the threads I linked to in my previous post, they explain everything you need to know in detail.

Heating pads don't heat the air in the cage, they only heat surfaces.This means that you need to have a probed thermometer to measure it's temperature. This is very important because heating pads can (and will) get hot enough to seriously burn your snake (130 F+) You need to know how hot your heating pad is, and you need to be able to control it. To do that you will need to get a thermostat as well.

Probed thermometer available at walmart for $12



Good thermostats (stay away from the junk sold in pet stores)

Budget: http://www.amazon.com/Hydrofarm-MTPR.../dp/B000NZZG3S

Mid-Range: http://www.reptilebasics.com/thermos...stat-prewired/

Best: http://www.spyderrobotics.com/home/products.html