Rejoining

[Eric Alan]

In the wild, ball pythons come across all sorts of different temperatures, including low and high. Having a constant ambient temp of 80 provides no way for Marshall to escape unwanted heat, hence the reason for a hot side and a cool side.

Not as much as you might think:

• Hottest temperature ever in Ghana: 102 F
• Average high temperatures: 80 F - 88 F
• Lowest temperature ever in Ghana: 64 F
• Average low temperatures: 74 F - 79 F
• Information source: http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePag...hy/climate.php

There's a reason that we recommend the temperatures that we do. It's not because we made this stuff up ourselves.