Appreciate the response! So far ever since I’ve moved him into the tub he’s been on the warm side in his hide. I originally had the heat mat covering 1/2 the tub. This was before I moved him in. It was getting too warm on the cool side. So I ended up doing about 1/3 of the tub. Just checked my temps on the cool side again and the paper towels are reading 79-80F. Now when you and other people say it’s harder to create the gradient. Does it all depend on how much of the heat mat you place on your tub? Essentially as long as the heat mat covers the whole snake then the rest of the tank would be your ambient temperature correct?