Ball Python Temperature Too Low!

Last fall "Santa" brought my daughter a Pueblan Milk snake. We had to stash him in another room for the week prior to Christmas. Unfortunately the room is a store room and pretty cold, about 68 over the winter. We kept the little guy comfy by wrapping the outside and top of his tub in styrofoam panels and duct tape to insulate it. It looked awful but it worked.

Your local grocery store should sell "beer coolers" for about $5-10 that you can cut up for this purpose.

We also have both a MBK and Cali King. They spend most of their time right at the 80* point in their vivs so you'll have the same heating issue.

Insulate the tub like others have said, just be careful you don't create a fire hazard in the process.

My cool side temps have been in the 74-76 degree range for 2 years with no ill effects. Even in the summer in Africa the average low temps are around 75. The temps are guidelines. These snakes have been living for thousands of years. This is not a delicate alien species being cultured in a sterile vacuum sealed environment. What's important is that you offer a heat gradient. The snake knows how to regulate its own temp by going back and forth.

I quote this chart that I do not own regularly when this question comes up:
http://74.54.19.227/GHP/img/pics/60806502.gif



Picture from http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePag...hy/climate.php

Second small Heat pat with Dimmer should solve your Problem :gj: