My humidity shows, about 40-45 on thew warm side and 50-55 on the cooler side, I just put damp paper towells on the right side, so that should help.

Yeah the heating pad came with little sticky legs that I put under the tank to give it a bit of height to let hot air out.

I live on about 6 acres, so I highly doubt anyone would steal the snake ...
Theres actually a man that keeps tigers about a two miles from me, but I'll keep the snake indoors for safety.