Is My Ball Python OK?

[Wuattaguan]

Dont spend 50$, or possibly dont buy a 15$ dimmer, This is your pets life, you are required to care for it, posting a thread and asking for help only to say your right everyones wrong, No one here is asking you to buy a 300$ herp stat or a Viv electronics. The proportional which are yes expensive, but yo question everyone, and EVEN say yes it hits 118 degrees, next time you eat a meal, plz lay flat on 118degrees, and pretend you need it to digest, do us all a favor either spend 50$ (which is nothing in the reptile world) to 100% care for your snake or give to someone who can properly care.

I don't understand why you're referring to my UTH posts as defiant.

If you read the entire thread, my primary question was "It may be possible that the lack of a cool hide is to blame, or maybe the hot hide is TOO hot? Its an 8 Watt UTH and when I press on the ground above, its lukewarm."

If you keep reading past that question, you will see that the heat mat issue was fixed.
I am not saying that Users who reply are wrong, I am arguing that, although a popular idea, an 8watt UTH can be regulated to a correct temperature using proper insulation.

I don't take kindly to you suggesting I give away my snake because I fail to buy a thermostat. That is just a very "first world" idea.

At this point, the tank is perfect in terms of temperature, humidity, and UTH heating.
I have accomplished this without a thermostat, that was all I wanted to prove,
Thanks to all the users who's feedback about Gorgon's hides helped me better set up her tank.