another new bp

getting another bp, cage and all from a guy going into a dorm and no longer can keep t, he was previous using a basking bulb for his snake and was wondering how is it that to moniter, not alot of money at moment and was thinking of keeping him under the bulb. or mabye a veramic heater, can you put those on a thermastat as well.

Well, if you can keep humidity up in the enclosure with the bulb, I don't think it would be much of a problem. Ball pythons don't really need back heat, they need more belly heat to be able to digest meals a lot better than getting heat from a bulb. They also do not bask since they are nocturnal snakes and in the wild the almost never see the sun (that's what I read on some website a while back). As for the bulb, it can suck out humidity really fast, which isn't a good thing at all. If a Ball python has low humidity its lungs will crack, making it easier for it to get RI.

damn, i wonder how people i see use the heat lamps. i guess he will do fine untill i get the cah to buy a UTH

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Originally Posted by BOWSER11788

damn, i wonder how people i see use the heat lamps. i guess he will do fine untill i get the cah to buy a UTH

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He'll be alright for a while, just make sure you can get that UTH. And if you don't have a thermostat, you may want to get one to control the temps of the UTH. I had a UTH get up to 124F without a thermostat. The cheapest one is a Repti Temp 500R, and you can get that on reptilesupply.com

Here's the thermostat: http://www.reptilesupply.com/product.php?products_id=75

I had my first baby in a 50 gal (bad idea for a baby). Until I firgured out smaller was better, I covered all but the spot were the head lamp was with a towel. When the humitidy went lower, I just sprayed the towel with a water bottle. Just remember to change it often.

They still need belly heat, but this will help you with humidity problems. :)