Welcome to BP.net! This is a great place of information and I hope you can absorb it all lol. You may want to start by looking on the ball pythons caresheet, but here are a few of my opinions:
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...thon-CARESHEET
HUMIDITY
You definitely need a water source 24/7...it will help keep humidity a little if it is a larger bowl. As for humidity, you can try misting the elcosure but thats a VERY big enclosure to try to keep humid and I don't know if the wood has been treated so it will not mold. Your humidity needs to be between 50-60%. With the heat lamp sucking your humidity out I'm going to guess you have about 10-15% humidity
Your best bet would be to make humid hides, that is take some sphagnum moss, wet it, and place it in a corner of her hide, this should at least keep her humidity up enough so she will shed better. If you go to Wal-Mart you can get a thermometer/hygrometer for $8.00 so you can measure your air temps and humidity levels.
HEAT
Do you have any other source of heat besides the lamp? And what are the temps? Balls do better with belly heat, so I would advise you getting an under tank heater (uth) with a thermostat to regulate the heat. Otherwise the uth will get too hot and burn your snake. You can get a cheap thermostat from amazon http://www.amazon.com/Hydrofarm-MTPR...8715644&sr=8-1.
But IMO...that enclosure is MUCH too large and open. I would put her in a 40 gallon long if you have to have her visible, along with a uth on a thermostat, I think she would be happier and healthier that way, and it would be a lot easier keeping the husbandry up for you!
Thats just my
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