I picked up my first Ball Python/introduction :)

[Vypyrz]

Hello Mason, and to BP.net.

I would suggest not using the heat pad until you get a controller. If your room stays around 80F, then your BP should be fine for a few days until the thermostat arrives. Just don't feed him until you get the belly heat running. A thicker layer of substrate over a belly heat device is actually worse than a thin layer, because it will start acting like an insulator and trap the heat under it along the glass, and if you snake happens to push the substrate out pf the way, there is a good chance for a burn.

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