Building a habitat... need advice!!!!

[CoolioTiffany]

okay so after rethinking alot i'm going to ask your opinion on this. 2 ft high, 16 inches deep and 3 ft wide, going without a waterfall, putting in a rock outcropping with various holes for hiding and climbing (it's not overly high) and fake plants and her rock hide she has now. the water dish we have now is the large exo terra one and were using forest bark for her substrate. I got her from a friend so i've been going based on what he told me. Savannah is a pretty good climber and she doesn't always like to go in her hide. she likes to lay on top of her rock alot could this be it's too warm in there with the heat lamp overhead and the uth under it?? This is the way it was set-up when we got her. She spent a fair amount of time in there at first but lately doesnt seem to like it too much. And thanks for all the advice everyone and i'm going to the care-sheets right now.

Forest bark? What is that? Just regular bark? Or does it have pine or cedar in it?

If the snake is not hiding, then it is stressed out. No Ball python is a good climber as they are all mostly terrestrial. Can we see some photos of your setup?

What is the UTH controlled by? If nothing you can severely burn your snake, I would recommend purchasing a thermostat. Without anything controlling a UTH, the temps can get easily reach 130F.