low ambients, but perfect hot spot.

[Luke Martin]

If your hot spot is correct then you've got good temperatures. It may not be in your ambient room temperature but if there is enough of a hot spot then somewhere in their enclosure is the temperatures they want. The heat radiates to slowly go down to the lower ambient temperatures from the hot spot. It doesn't just go from hot to cold from one spot to the next so the snakes do have a variance in temperatures within the enclosure to find their optimal spot. I would recommend trying to raise the ambient temps but I wouldn't say that its a dire concern for the snakes health.

[osmbr]

well when i had my ball python before finding this site i just had a uth for my bp and that was it, he was in my room he lived for 3.5 years before a rat killed him. just my expirience he shed ate everything normal

[MitsuMike]

well when i had my ball python before finding this site i just had a uth for my bp and that was it, he was in my room he lived for 3.5 years before a rat killed him. just my expirience he shed ate everything normal

Did you really just come on here and say that? Congrats that your snake lived poorly for 3.5 years. Atleast the rat did that snake a favor. Hope you do a tad bit more research before getting another.

To the OP
Since space heater has been mentioned. You could try supplemental side heat. A strip of flexwatt running along side the enclosurer from hot side to cool side to help the over all temps.

[Big Gunns]

are u sayin a heater is not needed? if so poo poo advice friend

It's not exactly "poo poo advice". Short periods of time like this should not hurt a healthy Ball Python. It's actually what a lot of breeders will do during breeding season. There's a great chance your BP will go off feed though when temps dip.

BG wouldn't suggest keeping things this way, but short periods should not hurt your snake. No it's not "ideal", but it's not the end of the world. To keep things "ideal", a space heater as suggested would be the easiest fix.

[BuckeyeBalls]

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Lasko-Remo...isplay/7855541

That is what I use to hear the small room i'm in. Like $45 bucks for it at wal-mart. Built in digital thermostat. Keeps the room nice and warm. I don't set it to 80 like most people I like to keep the room about 77.

It kicks on at 76 and shuts off at 79. Because the ambient temps in tubs are +4 deg generally so it always around 79-81 in the tubs.

[osmbr]

Did you really just come on here and say that? Congrats that your snake lived poorly for 3.5 years. Atleast the rat did that snake a favor. Hope you do a tad bit more research before getting another.

To the OP
Since space heater has been mentioned. You could try supplemental side heat. A strip of flexwatt running along side the enclosurer from hot side to cool side to help the over all temps.

i guess if you read it and responded i really came on here and said that, ctfd.

[Austin236]

i guess if you read it and responded i really came on here and said that, ctfd.

That wasn't the greatest thing to post on this website a lot of people are going to chew you a new one for that. And seriously you shouldn't have snakes if you allowed a rat to chew your snake to death.

[kitedemon]

There is another option is to increase the efficiency of your enclosure. Insulate the top and back if it is against a wall. The reduction in heat loss will raise the ambient temps if this is a temporary situation it may be enough to get you over the cold snap. Without spending the POWER needed for a supplement heater. I don't know what type of enclosure you have but planning air circulation from under the enclosure where the uth is will raise the cool end temps too.

I have been running efficient enclosures for many many years (not for Balls but other herps) it can be very cost effective mine will maintain 80/91 ambient of 84 (mid air temp) with next to no power use in a very cool room 64º and will hold 80 for about 8 hours with out power. (My power bill for 4 enclosures is 18$ more every 2 months)

[mpkeelee]

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Lasko-Remo...isplay/7855541

That is what I use to hear the small room i'm in. Like $45 bucks for it at wal-mart. Built in digital thermostat. Keeps the room nice and warm. I don't set it to 80 like most people I like to keep the room about 77.

It kicks on at 76 and shuts off at 79. Because the ambient temps in tubs are +4 deg generally so it always around 79-81 in the tubs.

i was looking at the lasko 755350? and i heard a lot of good things about their products but people have said they overheat easily and the chords and plug will heat up and can burn the wall and even start a fire. and since we need out rooms warm all the time we will need them running all the time. have u had any problems with Lasko??

[BuckeyeBalls]

i guess if you read it and responded i really came on here and said that, ctfd.

Then you should not own a bp. You should be locked up with 100x hungry rats until they eat you to death. Then we can go on a site and say we once knew a guy until rats killed him, now you ctfd