Help! I found a ball python in the wild

[straydog1980]

it is a ball python, it needs heat but not a heat rock, it could burn it. Get a heat pad. Stick the pad to the bottom of the cage and get some sort of dimmer to control it. Theres to much substate for the heat to penetrate, Id just use newsaper or paper towel. He needs a big enough bowl to soak in for water. he needs a better hide. cut a hole in a card board box that is barely bigger than the snake. Get more stuff to make the cage less open so he feels secure. crumpled newspaper, fake plants, etc. then leave him alone in a dark quite area for a while, he is probably very stressed. Then you can attempt to feed him.

Is this better? I know it looks crappy, but I'm working with what I have in my office right now.

Also, I can't afford to buy heating pads and substate and stuff until the end of this month. Will the snake be okay until then as long as I keep the room warm (75 or higher) and give him a light/dark schedule?

I can probably find some kind of water bowl to use, but it has to be large, shallow and heavy right?