Question about the lighting situation...

My BP is currently in a 20 Long on a counter just outside of our kitchen with the recommended husbandry (79-81 on the cold side and 89-93 on the warm side, both depending on time of day, with 60% humidity, cypress mulch, 2 hides on each side, water dish, ambient temp around 80). Okay, now that that's out of the way, haha :rolleyes:

The counter is situated where the ambient light from our kitchen fixture lights up the enclosure. It's not a lot of light or direct light by any stretch of the imagination, but it's enough that I can sort of see what's going on when I look in (if that makes sense). We keep that light on, when we're home, from about 2 pm-11:30 pm. I heard that BPs need a 12 hour day/night cycle. Does keeping the light on that long upset her day/night cycle? Or am I thinking too much about it? She has about 8-9 hours of almost complete darkness, if that makes a difference. Sorry if this is a weird/irrelevant question, my husband and I are pretty new to BPs and we want to make sure we're doing everything as best as we can be. :gj:

EDIT: I forgot to mention that we also have the 3 sides blacked out, as well as most of the top covered up, so the only light coming in would be from the front

I wouldn't think such a small amount of light would make too trouble much of a difference since you little friend is probably curled up sleeping in its hide , hopefully someone with more experience will chime in. Best wishes always. ;)

That light won't be a problem at all.
Your snake will stay hidden the majority of the day anyway.

I noticed a bit of temp fluctuation in your temps. Are your heat sources regulated by a thermostat??