Too Hot?

[chrid16371]

Iv never heard of someone not having a hot or cold side like suggested above so I don't have any experience with this. I will say that I definitely DO NOT agree with doing that ! A snake needs to thermoregulate and I think it would be cruel not to provide them with that..

Actually quite a few people do this. You have to be in the middle, not to hot not to cool. Even some big breeders do only one ambient temp by heating the room with a oil heater or something. If you think about it a snake moves from 90 spot to 80 spot and the reason may be to balance there temp but if your at the balance temp then there temp is constantly balanced, This is just a guess though. Im sure it took some trial amd error. But plenty of people do one ambient temp with great results. Its not something a beginner should probably be doing bc you need to be able to tell if something is wrong and how to adjust. The gradient is recommend because it is easier and safer for a beginner to set up and failure is less likely. There is always more then one way to do something but the gradient is safest.