@Frog: I must be cold blooded cos I'm unhappy if the temp is 20 or lower (why am I in Canada?!), so my room is always hot. Though, even in the summer now, the temp was 30 (86) on Tuesday, and last night it was 2 (35), so I was fully intending on using both a UTH and lamp. For now, I'll just keep my heat on in my room, since I enjoy it too (not that I turned it off yet...). There was a petstore in the city that DID carry thermostats (on/off) but they are going out of business and closing officially on the 15th. I'm just a month late! I had called and looked myself and they were gone. Apparently, one of the stores will still be open in the city 2h away, so maybe I can go up there and check or get it mailed. It'll be cheaper than shipping and such.

@Chrid: I was hoping the lamp would make the hot area, and carry-over heat would help heat the other side. There was a heat cable for 70% off at the store that I Was tempted to get that had it's own dimmer (not thermostat) but I'm sure it's gone, now.

@Soord: Conversion plus shipping to Canada (which is absurdly expensive, even within Canada!) makes buying anything online difficult I used to have Prime, but we didn't use it enough and I was able to use the 90$ refund on something I needed. It's useful, but .CA doesn't have as many, or as good items as .COM, and 50% of items on .COM won't ship to Canada, so it was kinda hard to use, anyway.

As for mites, the aspen was supposed to be pre-treated. She said she thought she saw a 'mass of black' when she put it in, but only noticed the mites recently, so were thinking those might have been eggs. Her snake hasn't been in contact with any other snakes or animals since she got him, and I don't have mites, so the aspen is all we can think of. I told her to go to the store and complain about it, but she'd rather treat him now and just not buy it again in the future... I would complain and get a refund, at least. And actually, since it was 14 days since she got him, she could have argued for a refund on the snake, too, since he was technically 'sick'.

I'll look into plastic t8 for the future! Always looking to get nice displays~