Hi all!

I'm a proud new(ish) owner of my first ever ball python. I was a lurker here on the forum long before I brought home my snake baby and really have to thank everyone for posting answers to just about every question you could have ever thought to ask! I've been waiting a decade to get my first snake (My parents didn't initially share my love of reptiles so I compromised for a cat and then I was in college) and I couldn't be happier with my little female pastel, Kida.

I bought her from a small, locally owned reptile shop (originally I was going to wait for the Tucson reptile show but after seeing her in the store for an entire week and being told by a random employee that she was his favorite I decided she was it) late July of 2015. She weighed a wee 120g then. Now pushing 700g (she has an excellent feeding response; never misses a meal even deep in blue) she's getting ready for her forever home.

My question is to those of you who have animal plastics T8 do you wish you had paid the extra $50 for the T10? Those of you who have a T10 do you have any difficulty heating ambient air temps?