Ball Python Temperatures

[amg20102006]

Hi i am about to get 2 female ball pythons in like 2 weeks. they will be housed in a rack. what should the temps be on the hot and cool end? because i read caresheets and some say 90-92 and some say 85. please help

[daniel1983]

92-94 warm side/ 82-84 cool side. Never below 75 ambient air temp for any reason

[amg20102006]

ok thank you. but it seems as my cool end doesnt achieve those temps you said. my hot side will achieve 92-94 easily. ambient air temp should be fine

[new2BP]

do whatever u have to do to get your cool side 82 - 84 F and keep that hot side at 92 - 94. i also have seen caresheets that say different temps but if u ask around this site, u will find that all the pros say 82 - 84 and 92 - 94.

[amg20102006]

ok thank you. i was worried about what the temps should be. but my ambient air temp is 79 . i will have to get my hot and and cool end temps in about 5 minutes.

[daniel1983]

Ideally your ambient air temp should be around 82 degrees. One thing that many keepers do not realize is that although a hot and cool spot of the appropriate temperature are provide, the ambient air temperature in the enclosure can still be 'too cold' for a ball python. Low air temps can result in RIs and other problems even if a correct warm and cool spot are available.

[amg20102006]

so is 79 to cold?

[daniel1983]

Like I said....75 is the minimum....but your snakes will do much better with an ambient temp around 82

[amg20102006]

ok i will see what it gets to when i get the temps right

[daniel1983]

That sounds like a good plan. Most times the only real reason that the ambient temp gets really low is because the temperature in the room is really low. I used to have a hard time getting my ambient temps right because my old roommate liked to set the apartment thermostat on 60 deg.....geez...that drove me crazy