Do ball pythons require belly heat?

[Coluber42]

Thank you!
This got my attention now you mention it.
I am from uk and to clear something up my vivarium is wood but it has small circular vents and glass sliding on runners surely u guys seen them?
Yes, i noticed the ones i mostly see over the pond on youtube etc are like a fish tank but with a mesh lid with a lamp on top. Another thing is humidity, now in UK i have been told i dont need a humidity sensor/gauge and no need to spray as room humidity is adequate for a ball python? All the display vivariums at the pet shop have none i thought about still buying one as better safe than sorry. What you guys say on that subject? It may sound alien as its something you would have always done. I been watching alot of Brian from Snakebytestv or Animalbytes on youtube i think he is ace, he's helped me anyway.

Lots of people over here use vivariums with sliding doors too, but lots of them are plastic instead of wood. People do use heat tape/under tank heaters with those too, but it takes more power to heat through plastic/melamine/wood and the heater has to get hotter in order to do it.

As far as humidity is concerned, it really depends on your specific climate. Where I live, my living room has pretty much ideal temps and humidity for a BP in the summer all by itself, but in the winter it can get below 60F and 30% humidity.

I don't know about the UK, but in the US a lot of pet stores are pretty clueless about even the bare minimum of appropriate care for reptiles (the bare minimum being appropriate temps, humidity, and hiding places). And in many cases (especially smaller shops), they can actually kinda sorta get away with it too, because they're often kept relatively warm and pretty humid if they also sell fish - because the place is full of aquariums with lighting and lots of water around. So pet stores aren't really a good gauge. A digital thermometer/hygrometer is cheap and it will tell you what you need to know.

[Dumdum333]

i live in london, and the humidity is definitely high enough for a BP, but using a heat lamp does dry out the vivarium so you still need to take care with water bowl placement and stuff, definitely think it's worth investing 5 quid on a digital hygrometer, especially for shedding