The proper temperature range is essential in keeping your snake healthy. Special reptile heating pads that are manufactured to maintain a temperature about 20 o higher than the air temperature may be used inside the enclosure. There are adhesive pads that can be stuck to the underside of a glass enclosure. You can also use incandescent light bulbs in porcelain and metal reflector hoods to provide the additional heat required for the basking area, or the new ceramic heating elements which can be put into regular light sockets and radiate heat downward. All lights must be screened off to prevent the snake from burning itself.
All snakes are susceptible to thermal burns.
For this same reason do not use a hot rock. Ideally, you should place a third thermometer at near the upper basking bench or branch. Once your snake has grown quite large, you may wish to invest in a pig blanket, a large rigid pad for which you can buy a thermostat to better control the temperature. If you do use such a light in the tank, make sure the snake cannot get into direct contact with the light bulbs, nor burrow itself into the casing of the fluorescent hood. Feeding Allow your snake to acclimate for a couple of weeks to its new home.