You can get a ceramic bulb and you should. I'm sure that heat pad doesn't keep the tank warm enough or even under the hide warm enough for your snake. Unless your heat pad is not thermostat regulated otters heat pad is up super high...you have a snake it's your job to take care of them,so it's not about what you like,which is sleeping in the dark,but about what's necessary to take full care of this animal that relies on you to give it what it needs.
having a pets a responsibility. If you can do what's 100% necessary to make sure there happy..then don't have a pet.
Srry man,dont mean to sound mean or whatever,but I'm a big animal person. I make sure that I take Careof them to the fullest and give them what they need to live full happy healthy lives. If I have to do adjusting to my life then I will do s. thats what comes with having pets IMO
anyway,thnx for the advice