ok I will try to make this post understandable since i am posting it for my g/f related to her ball python.

she has recently moved in with me and brought her snake pattrick along yipee! love snakes. We live in New Hampshire and it gets cold in the winter and we have had a hard time keeping the tank above 78 degrees and the humidity is at a poor 27% . The other night he made 2 weezing sounds and she freaked out cause she automatically assumed it was respiratory infection, I disagreed with her because that is the only sympton he shows no bubbles from nose no loss of appetite still active(for a python). I told her it was prob cause the humidity was at a really low level (27%), I read that if the humidity isnt at a comfortable % pythons develop a mucus in there throats when they yawn or replace old oxygen with new oxygen it makes a weezy sound. He is in a glass tank 30 gallon with screen top ,ceramic heater and a UTH. I covered 3/4 of the tank with plastic wrap to see if the humidity would increase at all it didnt. I presented the idea of ME making a sterlite captivity just for winter use. My main question about the sterlite cage is do you think it needs a UTH and a ceramic heater? to keep it at the correct comfortable temperature and humidity? hmmmmm I think that is all i really need to say if you think i left anything out please bring it to my attention. thank you for reading this long post if it didnt bore you to death.