Quote Originally Posted by ckwatson View Post
But they are nocturnal? they will leave the burrows and mounds at night in search of food? I know this may not be every night but if an animal is nocturnal it does not matter how well where it spends the day retains heat.
Ball pythons are ambush predators. They don't normally go out "hunting" unless they are really hungry.

Ball pythons in captivity will spend 90% of their time hiding. They really only come out on feeding day.

So that means A ball python in the wild will go "hunt" for food once a week. So the other 6 days are spent in a consistently heated "hide".

Every breeder keeps their ball pythons at a constant temp unless they are trying to trigger a breeding behavior. Based on all this combined experience, it has been noted that ball pythons do better with constant heat as opposed to a night drop.

I don't really see why you are arguing FOR a night drop as they are rather difficult to do. Wouldn't it just be easier to leave all the heating elements on 24/7?