In terms of humidity I honestly have done nothing and it has always been good, temperature wise, I have a digital thermometer and stopper for the heat pad underneath and for the light on top, most of the time the light shuts off cause the temperature gets a bit hot on the left side. I was never a fan of the stick on readers, seemed cheap and inaccurate, but the reason I kept that one was cause it is actually really good lol, its almost exactly always the same as the digital reader. But I do get what you're saying regarding the snakes taking them off.