Ok, so my little peanut is not a BP, but I figured this would be the best place to ask questions, nonetheless. Feel free to move it if I am wrong A few months ago, I acquired a beautiful yearling Tanimbar scrub python. He is currently being housed in a 36x18x24 Exo Terra with a 100 watt CHE on the top of his enclosure. Over the past couple months, his temperature gradient has been pretty good. A couple degrees under on the cool side, perhaps, but he has plenty of access to a warm basking area. Now that it's getting colder, I've noticed his night drops are dipping too low. He divides his time about 50/50 between his hot spot and under one of his hides on the cool side. I measured the temp under his cool hide last night and it had dropped to 68 degrees! I immediately scooped him up to get warm and used the day lamp from my Dumeril's enclosure to warm up his temps until I could snag another heat lamp today.

But I consider that a band-aid. I feel like I am not heating his enclosure in the most efficient way possible, so I'd like to hear some thoughts as to what you guys use. I hear RHP's are basically the gold standard, but I'd also like him to have some light during the day. Currently, his enclosure is set up near a window, so he does get natural light during a normal day cycle. But I'd still like to add lighting to his enclosure. Up until literally an hour ago, my only trepidation with an RHP is that it wouldn't necessarily allow for a natural temperature drop at night. BUT, somehow I failed to realize until tonight that temperatures on his endemic islands actually don't drop noticeably at night!

Anyway, the point is, I need to raise the temperature of his enclosure and would like to know what the best way of doing this might be. The gradient should be around 76-90 degrees.

Oh yes, and here are pics of his home: