Is there an alternative for a heater/CHE?

[SDA]

I second that if you are unable to provide adequate conditions for a ball python to live in and not just survive for whatever reason, you should do the right thing and surrender them before you end up frustrated and guilty feeling because something unwanted happened.

You must provide minimum condition for temperature and humidity. If you cannot provide that externally via the temps in your house then you must provide it through heating means in the enclosure.

What you are doing now is causing harm to these snakes and how you keep them now will not be conditions that are survivable. These are not temperate climate species like some corn snakes, they are subtropic snakes that require a specific range of temperature that the vast majority of people can not provide simply by being lucky enough to live in a region of the world that mimics their native conditions.

[Newbie39]

Give this snake a new home now please. Next time research before you get a snake.

[Tonald Drump]

Give this snake a new home now please. Next time research before you get a snake.

If I hadn't researched, I wouldn't have gotten this snake. I have done the research for the basic necessities in an enclosure, and I've found a heat mat online for my BP.

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[jmcrook]

If I hadn't researched, I wouldn't have gotten this snake. I have done the research for the basic necessities in an enclosure, and I've found a heat mat online for my BP.

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You will also need a thermostat to regulate the power to the heat pad. Most important piece of husbandry equipment you need


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[Tonald Drump]

You will also need a thermostat to regulate the power to the heat pad. Most important piece of husbandry equipment you need


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Yeah, I also just found one of those. Thanks for the reminder!

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[Tonald Drump]

I second that if you are unable to provide adequate conditions for a ball python to live in and not just survive for whatever reason, you should do the right thing and surrender them before you end up frustrated and guilty feeling because something unwanted happened.

You must provide minimum condition for temperature and humidity. If you cannot provide that externally via the temps in your house then you must provide it through heating means in the enclosure.

What you are doing now is causing harm to these snakes and how you keep them now will not be conditions that are survivable. These are not temperate climate species like some corn snakes, they are subtropic snakes that require a specific range of temperature that the vast majority of people can not provide simply by being lucky enough to live in a region of the world that mimics their native conditions.

Okay, thanks for the advice, I'm still determined to keep him, as I've found someone who sells a heat mar for reptiles. Neat! I can finally make a decent enclosure.

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