A few weeks ago I was offered a bp by my husbands coworker. They are moving on April 25th and need it gone by then. I sat down and did research on owning, and caring for ball pythons. I read articles, watched videos and joined Facebook groups (which turned out to be a mistake). As I educated myself I found that the snake I was being offered was in a :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r: hole of an environment. Living in a tank with another bp, 1 hide, a water bowl, screen top, a dome with a regular ass light bulb for heat. I knew I had to get him quicker than originally planned. I put a tub together and spent a couple of days working on the humidity and temps, Trying to stabilize everything before I put him in. I managed to get the humidity to stay between 53-57% but there’s issues with maintaining temps. I picked him up last night even though my temps are 100% where they should be, but anything his better than where he has been kept. I have a 60qt flat tub, that I have lined the outside with the aluminum tape to darken the tub. A 16w uth on a VE-100 thermostat. 2 digital acurite humidity and temp monitors, placed on both ends of the tub. Cool side reads 55% humidity and 77f temp. Hot side reads 53% humidity and 78f temp. The ambient temp in my room is 69-71f. This morning I added a small space heater around the tub, and it was bringing the hot side temps to 88f before I kicked it off. I threw a blanket over some of the warm side to see if it helped maintain temps. It didn’t, shortly afterwards it was falling back into the high 70’s. Will insulating the outside of the tub help maintain proper ambient temps? Like using great foam and thin insulation board. I’m struggling on how to do this without heating my whole living room or running a heater 24/7. Can a small heater be put on a timer/thermostat? I feel kinda :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r:ty for picking him up before I sorted all the issues, but he’s better here, even with my current temp issues. Thanks y’all.