Quote Originally Posted by Hugsplox View Post
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.
Your preparation sounds a lot like my experiences when I got my 1st Ball Python. I had my setup running for about a month before I even pulled the trigger on the snake. I wanted to make sure I had everything dialed in to give my snake the best chance of survival and provide optimal health. You'll find out that these creatures are pretty resilient. I will say that I got a little worried two years ago with all that snow when I saw my ambients dip down below 75. I was wrapping the enclosure in blankets. He survived just fine during that winter.

What part of Georgia? I'm in Cobb County.