holy i've done something stupid. i just replaced the batteries in my thermometers right now(since the displays were sort of getting fuzzy) and the hot side was reading around 100F after the battery change. I removed it and replaced it (to test) and it's still at that temp. I am freaking out so bad. I took the snake out and put him, a hide, and bedding in his critter keeper right now with one end on a heat blanket i use for something else. I have never had a reading that high in his cage before. I have the spot over the heating pad padded by a layer of repticarpet. I don't know what's wrong but it feels like everything is just falling apart. I know he isn't burned but could he have been hurt by the high temp?

I feel so dumb right now. Can anyone advise me on how to get the right temperature for the warm side? I don't know if the mat is malfunctioning or what. I'd have thought it would get cooler if it was...

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