I keep my 4 snakes I have in a snake rack in separate containers and the heat tape is controlled by a herpstat. I bought my rack prebuilt. I check there enclosures with my temp gun and the range is between 80 on the cool end to 94 along the heat tape though the container. I have a log hide in her enclosure along with her water bowl. I use print free news paper and always clean as soon as possible. Thank you for the info. .