Thank you to the folks who see my side. I could really care less if you keep your snake at 68 degrees. That's your business. Just do not tell me my snake is suffering because I keep an ambient temp of 82.. Which is normal in this hobby. And its only 92 where the heat tape is which is only under that specific hide. My snake spends 85% of his time there. The far side is 82 and he is rarely there. Am I going to make it cooler for him since he spends more time on the warm side? I would call that suffering to be honest because he is content as is. We ruled out he's probably not dehydrated since his eyes show no signs, just creases in the skin from being balled up for hours in a tight hide. Problem solved. I soaked him once because he had a tiny piece of eye cap stuck and out of all the snakes I had he seemed to "like?" the short soak and always takes big drinks and doesn't thrash about so I figured I would ask if anyone soaks their snakes or is it bad for them. I'm open to other methods of keeping ball pythons but do not tell me my snake is suffering because I do not do it your way which is not even the norm.
Oh and PS I'm not a "16 year old kid with my first ball python" , this is actually my first snake kept in a enclosure because I can no longer have a rack and the space for all the snakes I had over the last decade. I'm not a expert but I have SOME experiencelet's all get along now
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