In the short time I've kept ball pythons I've lerned a ton from this site the one thing I would recommend before you get your snake is set up everything for at least a week or more to make shure you get your temperatures and humidity were it needs to be before putting in your new snake. I changed my setup 4-5 times before I got mine were I wanted it then let it run for a week to make shure it was rite and still had to make small adjustments