Is there an alternative for a heater/CHE?

[Tonald Drump]

In this case both of you are a little off in practice. There is no need to give a ball python a bath. They do not like it one bit and there is no benefit to it that cannot be accomplished with a damp cloth.

Explain to your parents that balls are tropical snakes. Their temp requirements are very narrow. A body temp between 84 and 88 is ideal. Being outside of that for too long is courting illness and or death. A vet trip plus medicine to treat a respiratory infection is going to cost more than setting up the environment correctly to begin with.

Yes, I'm aware, I clean him with a cloth dipped in warm water. But, he insists cold water is fine. They also think that the effect of a heat gradient in the enclosure can be achieved by... letting the snake bask for an hour a day.

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[JodanOrNoDan]

Yes, I'm aware, I clean him with a cloth dipped in warm water. But, he insists cold water is fine. They also think that the effect of a heat gradient in the enclosure can be achieved by... letting the snake bask for an hour a day.

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Ball pythons are not basking snakes. They are nocturnal.

[Tonald Drump]

Ball pythons are not basking snakes. They are nocturnal.

Yes, I'm aware, and that's what I've been trying to tell them. Btw the things I mentioned earlier was offtopic, just to show how cocky my dad is

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