While its typically not a problem you'll want to make sure you're taking your temperatures with some sort of digital thermometer. Sometimes people use the dial stick on ones and they are about as good as you can throw them. The dial says 92 when in reality its 100+ and the snake is pinned to the cool side trying to escape the heat.
Also this species of snake tends to fair well in a smaller enclosure, its a topic that still has a lot of debating surrounding it but its mostly accepted that ball pythons prefer smaller enclosures. There are many issues in maintaining a large enclosure, it can be done successfully but requires a lot of work.










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