Well I was in that shoes.. lol Bought ball, realized ambient was kind of low. Some say heat tape/pad doesn’t effect ambient and I would also say so but it raised about 1 degrees for me so almost nothing haha. The actual room that your snake enclosure is in will determine ambient inside the tub. I use a oil filled radiator with built in thermostat which was like 70-80 dollars. Works very very well and not much electricity bill. I only have to use it during the winter because summer is hot!!! If you can’t heat the house, heat just one room. If you can’t even do that, use the heat lamp solution. You will have to figure something before winter comes


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