Quote Originally Posted by ckuhn003 View Post
It sounds like you've done a lot of research and it shows in your setup description. I agree, the more you read, the more answers you're going to get on setup requirements. I 'think' the optimal ambient temps are around 80 but I think anything over 75 should be sufficient. The more important numbers to focus on would be belly heat (especially since BPs spend most of their time in their hides) and humidity for good sheds. It sounds to me that your well on your way.
Thanks a lot for your response, and yea I think I obsessed a little on the research prior to bringing a BP home. I keep other reptiles as well but this was my first snake so I wanted to do a little extra. I think I have the belly heat down, I ran the tank for almost a month before bringing my snake home so I could make sure the thermostat was doing what it was supposed to do. His warm hide measured at the glass is 90-91ish never hotter than 92 or cooler than 90. I felt pretty comfortable with my set up until I stumbled onto a lengthy argument on Reddit about ambient temps and then I kinda of went down the rabbit hole of "am I doing this right?" which eventually led me here.

I see you're in Georgia too, so you know our weather is... subject to change lol. So far I haven't seen any issues especially considering I have a bearded dragon with her big heat lamp on the other side of the room, so my office stays right around 75 all day, but at night It can get down to 72-73. I don't believe (believe being the strong word) that the snake enclosure gets that low though, but I may be wrong.