I run hides under all of my RHP's in my AP T-8's......dude......94 is nothing to worry about. A lot of people actually provide a 95 degree hotspot for Burms. Just take the floor temp underneath the hide. I personally run my thermostat probe on the cool side of the enclosure and set it to my desired ambient temp (usually 80-82)
As a matter of fact I've had 101 degree temps on the top of my hides before, the larger the hide, the closer it'll be to your RHP and the hotter the top will get. Look at it this way, Burms (or whatever species) in the wild will find a scalding hot rock or stone and lay on it for digestive heat. Take the temp of a rock that's been in the summer sun all day and I'll bet it's over 120 degrees.
To me, as long as you meet your minimum heat requirements, and your maximum temps aren't going to cook your snake, you'll be alright. I kind of get a chuckle out of people who state that temps must be EXACTLY this or EXACTLY that. They are resilient animals as long as you're close.
My one JCP girl (same one in my avatar picture) will actually lay on the top of the hot side hide for about an hour after a large meal (which in her cage is usually right around 97 degrees), then move to underneath the hide for the rest of the digestion. If anything, having a true HOT spot like the top of the hide is a good thing!
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