Thermostat probe placement in my tank?

[Hugsplox]

I know I am very prone to overreact. But that's because I really acknowledge the responsibility I take on when I bring an animal into my care. I know I am the sole keeper who "decides" if the animal thrives or is on the brink of dying off. I take it very seriously. Too seriously at times. But I am the kind of person who rather makes sure everything is perfect beforehand instead of regreting things later I could have done differntly.
I do appreaciate the help. But I have also noticed a certain kind of aversion of vets in the reprile keeping hobby. There seem to be many keepers who don't trust vets and just think they are out for their money. At least I have noticed this more in reptile keepers than say people who own cats and dogs.
So that's why I take it with a grain of salt when people tell me not to go to the vet.

I think you’re misunderstanding us. No one has an aversion to vets, we’re just trying to make you understand the risks that come from unnecessary vet visits especially to vets that don't specialize in reptiles.

If I hurt my knee for example, I might go to my primary care doctor, but he’s going to refer me to an orthopedic specialist. Not because he knows nothing about knees, but because he doesn’t specialize in knees. Your local vet may know that a snake is a snake, or know a little about them, but realistically they may not be able to tell you anything that we haven’t and then you’ve wasted time, money, and stressed your snake.

Even if you do have a reptile specialist, I’m still not convinced that you wouldn’t just “take what they say with a grain of salt.” Again, stop messing with it and stop messing with its enclosure. I’d be willing to put money on you getting way better results doing nothing at this point than a vet visit. I just saw you made another post wanting to add a clean-up crew because you’re tired of doing a complete enclosure clean every month. Stop doing that? Why are you replacing substrate every month? Give that snake time to settle in, stop changing things and let him get use to his enclosure.