people irk me

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Cause stupid young kids want to be 'cool.' Be the badass with a five foot snake.
The last part of your post made me laugh though, I have seen so many posts here where people are like 'but I can't afford to get a t-stat, or heat things properly.' Alright well just because the dumbass at petco said get a small cage and one lamp and call it good doesn't mean that's how it is. Now buy the [stuff] or rehome your snake to someone that will, haha.
I have dropped so much money on my BPs perfecting their tanks since I don't have racks, and I dont regret a penny of it. Even though I bought things multiple times trying to get it right. It's trial and error, and if you can't put forth the effort to at least try for your snake babies you shouldn't have them in my opinion.
But I am also a perfectionist and need my tanks right on constantly haha

Yeah. It's one thing to make an initial mistake based on bad information, and another thing not to fix it as soon a you are able to. Very much trial and error for each individual set-up...but, for someone who just bought the animal for the "cool" factor, that part might not seem so interesting.

I'm going thru this now with my birds. Caged indoor birds should really have supplemental full spectum light. Essential psychologically, and for D3 and calcium absorption. However, get to this level of understanding, and there is a whole new level of BAD info. on how to provide that. There is a YouTube channel out there showing how to use aquarium LED lights for your birds. His birds are going to go blind. Both Amazon and Dr.'s Foster and Smith sell repackaged ZooMed reptile lights as "avian" lights. You will have to get into some fairly technical literature to learn why that is TOTALLY wrong, and harmful to your birds. Some of the reviews on Amazon will steer the customer in the correct direction, and point out the correct avian requirements, but ZooMed, and Dr.'s F&S absolutely should know better!

Ticks me off to no end.