Do I need a belly heat?

[tkdlover123]

I have my cool side with 27.5 Celsius and warm side with 30-31 Celsius. I have a purple heat lamp 24/7 so that I can have the ambient temperature. Also the wattage of the heat lamp is no that high. The question is do I need to have a belly heat? My ball python is doing great, pooping great, and explores the terrarium everyday (at night), etc. She didn't eat last week though because I offered her a f/t when she only eats live ones so I guess it's not cause of my "husbandry". Now do I need absolutely need to go and buy one?

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[Tsanford]

I used to do belly heat, but now I just heat the room. I keep it around 88 with no problems at all.

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[Reinz]

I have a 13 yr old BP that has never had belly heat. She has not vomited or regurgitated in the 5-6 yrs that I've had her.

My adult Boa is doing fine w/o belly heat as well.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

What you need is to provide proper husbandry (temps and humidity) and do so however works best for you.

It can be lamp, UTH, room temps etc (there are + and - with each methods)

[tkdlover123]

Thank you!

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[theoremofgoats]

Your temps sound fine, and as long as your snake is doing all its little snakey things regularly, there should be no problem. For my python, I personally keep my cool side around 25 Celsius/77 Fahrenheit and warm side around the same as you. It seems like they might prefer a little bit more variety temp-wise, but that's just my opinion.

I don't know what kind of enclosure you're using, but when just using a heat lamp, remember to keep an eye on humidity. It should be between 50-60%. That's one of the big reasons UTHs are recommended over lamps alone, but if that's fine, more power to you.