Hey guys,
After 2 years going off and on with my parents and two years of research i finally got my ball python a couple days ago from the best pet store. They get there ball pythons from a local breeder and if they dont feed they dont put them on sale until the snake guy can get them feeding again. I was going to purchase a beautiful pastel ball python but to make sure it was healthy one of the girls offered to feed it to see if it was taking mice, unfortunatly it didnt. They had some wicked normals that were a bit older so i took a male(not sure if it is) home and the lady said they feed on fridays which was the day i got him so i was like what the heck if he doesnt feed its because hes stressed. The guy took it no problem after only hours of owning him! He seems comfortable already in his large 30 gallon. My hot side is 94 is that too high? Also i put a heat lamp on the cool side to raise the temp to 80 and put tinfoil over the rest so it traps in the heat. Is it ok if i have a heat lamp(ceramic heat emitter) on the cool side?