I have been told by people on the forum here that if you have a room ambient temperature of 85, or thereabouts that ball pythons will be fine without a hotspot. If this is true why would you need a hotspot closer to 90, when a hotspot of 85 would be fine. Just curious, with that being said I do have thermostats for mine, and keep my ambient around 80, with the hotspot about 88-90![]()