Ah, the monthly payments would be pretty annoying. The wifi camera also sounds like a good possibility, will definitely look into that (plus I've always been curious about what my BP does during the evening). If I'm not able to fix the situation myself, usually there is someone else around who can check on my snake for me, so it's mostly a matter of being alerted when something is wrong. Although, hopefully with a Herpstat nothing goes wrong in the first place.