Kaorte: since I was called out my Momma (I'm the "difficult" member on the site she mentioned, though not by name); I felt it my duty to correct some of the lies being spewed about a forum that, though fallen on some hard times over the last few years, am still a contributing member of.
I personally have been around this hobby/business for a while, and call me old-school, ( and I undertand that many people do not agree with me on this (usually the lazy ones)) but I have always found that while forums are a great place to socialize and ask the more obscure or hard-to-find questions, that the onus remains on the keeper to do even a tiny little bit of research on their own. This is quite easily achieved by buying a book or two, or using their public library and picking up a book on the captive husbandry of ball pythons or visiting some great hobbyist and breeder sites and reading.
There is no substitute for a good knowledge-base.

As for the "outdoor faisco":
What happened was, much like here, when she was explained by a few experienced members (myself included) that an outdoor enclosure should not be her priimary focus, as it clearly had become at the time, and explained why, telling here that she should focus her attention on her INDOOR husbandry issues, (which, from experience, will abound when you use a fish cage to house a ball python), before cavorting outside with her hatchling. She proceeded to snub her nose at our suggestions.

Maybe we're a more jaded bunch up north, but when someone comes to a forum, hat in hand, asking questions, and when she doesn't get the answers that she WANTS, to poo poo on the advice given is bad internet manners.
This type of behavior is not condsuive to harbouring friendly, open dialog and knowledge-sharing.

As for bad advice regarding the above question that was also asked here, she posted her question in the General Discussion forum, and nowhere within the bodies of her posts did she mention once that she was inquiring about a ball python setup.
That said, there were a few members who recalled that she was, infact, referring to her August-arriving ball python, and was answered both informatively and appropriately.
My post:

"Re: terrarium set up q's

Julian, thanks for hopping in here and clearing up some misinformation.
1. You ALWAYS place the probe directly ON the heat source, so that you know and can control the temperature of your animals heat source. If it's not ON the heat source, it is completely USELESS. Some animals will benefit from the other methods mentioned in this thread, NOT ball pythons.
2. When you are designing your enclosure, you need an air gap between your UTH and it's surroundings so as not to build up excessive heat thus eventually causing your trailer to become a smouldering pile of ash with some charred animal and human flesh mixed in. You want your UTH attached to the bottom of the enclosure, but the excess heat needs a way to dissipate. This cannot be achieved by raising the enclosure on a "trapped" riser; you need to allow for a bunch of airflow.
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Just wanted to clarify and clear up a few of the lies, misinformation and gossip that has infected this site.