Ok, so I am currently using a heat lamp to balance out ambient air temps until I can spring for a RHP and simplify everything, but I have an honest question that I can't seem to find an answer to. It seems commonplace to set the heat lamp on the screen top of the enclosure, and monitor the temp below the lamp, either on or near the surface, with a thermostat. Here is my question, what about the temp of the screen itself? I touched mine earlier, right under the lamp, and while it isn't burning me, it is roughly 1/2 an inch from the bulb itself, and felt quite warm to my fingers, which tells me it is easily 100 degrees. Is this just the way it is when using a heat lamp? It seems unsafe to my beginner mind, as the snake could realistically poke it's head against the screen right there and get a burn.

Thanks in advance!