Those intellitemp heat pads look cheap to me although i've only seen the photos. I would personally go with one of the zoomed UTH heat pads which Big Apple also sells. The zoomed UTH have been around for quite a while and have a good track record.

As was mentioned I would place it under the cage and definatly avoid using any tape or adhesive inside the cage.

As has already been stated here, no matter where you place a probe and no matter what a thermostat reads you will have no idea what the temps really are over it in the cage unless you check it directly with an accurate temp gauge. Preferably a temp gun. If you only have a snake or two and can't afford a temp gun you can get a cheap white plastic thermometer from Lowes. If you go that route I would make sure they have several and make sure the one you buy is one that's reads the same as several others. If you look there are always one or two of those that will be way off. I use a temp gun in general but have a couple of the cheap ones that I use on occaison although I check them from time to time with my temp gun to be sure they are still reading accurately.
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