Seeking advice for raising a Ball Python in the tropics. (beginner)

[sorraia]

You might end up not needing a lot of the "extra" stuff, or at least not year-round. If you know what kind of enclosure you are going to use, I suggest setting it up before getting the snake, with nothing in it, and see what happens. This is usually best regardless where you live, precisely so you can get the set up just right.

You listed your temperatures in Celsius, but those are quite high, so I think maybe you meant Farenheit? 60C is 140F, very hot! If you do in fact mean 60F, that's lower than the recommended low for ball pythons, so you would need some kind of heater in the winter/night to keep ambient temperatures a little higher. If 84F is your summer/day time temperature, then that's perfect for the low/ambient temperature for the snake, but you'll still need a hot spot to achieve the desired low-90's on the hot side. This can be done with heat tape or a radient heat panel, or even a heat lamp (usually the heat tape or radient heat panel is recommended over the heat lamp).

How is your humidity? I suspect it is probably going to be higher, since you are in a tropical region, but doesn't hurt to ask! If it is too high (above 60-70% I think, but someone more experienced will correct them I'm sure) you may need a fan to help keep the air circulating and try to lower it. If it is too low (below 50%), you'll need to raise it (various ways to do this, depending on the enclosure).


Just for comparison:
The climate I live in has winter temperatures (all temperatures in F) of 30-80 in winter, and about 70-110 in summer. My house is kept at 65-73 in winter using the heater, and 70-84 in summer using the air conditioning/fans. Year-round indoor humidity is 30%. Right now I am using a space heater in the snake room because it is otherwise going to be too cool for them. The space heater helps me keep their ambient low temperature in the low-80's (about a perfect 82-83). In addition they do have heat tape to get the hot spot temperature up to the low-90's (about a 91-92). In the summer time I will not need the space heater any longer, because that room, without any help, will reach low-80's in the summer heat, higher if I don't use the A/C or fans. In order to keep their humidity correct, I use stearlite bins and cover/open holes as needed and/or place the water dish on the hot or cool side as needed. So far has worked well!