thank you all! i got the desert one and went shopping for a regulator and couldn't find one at lowes, rural king, or my pet food center. i couldn't believe it, they had no plug in thermostats, no rheostats, and they didn't even have any plug in dimmers! i called the fancy pet store in the rich part of town and they do have them for $29.99 which i will get tomorrow. i'm getting the snake tuesday by the way. i DID find this really cool infrared thermometer gun at rural king that i got for $13.00. i feel like that will come in handy. right now i'm testing the heat pad to make sure it works. thank you all very much!![]()