Quote Originally Posted by Bogertophis View Post
Honestly, I wouldn't consider keeping a snake, much less a ball python or any species that needs a similar warmth level to survive. One little slip (like a power outage you can't control) & you're going to have a sick snake- & probably a dead one. There's a limit to what one can reasonably overcome.

What happens when you have to service the cage or feed the snake? Even if you insulate it totally, you'll have to open it from time to time. Doing so less often means a snake living in it's own filth & getting sick. Doing so at just normal frequency & you have RI's & refusal to eat.

Please, if you love snakes, don't put one through that? It's not fair. 50* is hibernation temperature for those that brumate- BPs do not. Either way, that's not a snake room, it's a garage or a tool shed.
Agreed, I don't know how you do anything with a room that cool. If 50* is what the temperature is, you can't move to a warmer room, and you can't increase the temps in the room, I wouldn't even attempt keeping reptiles in there. Even with a PVC enclosure, MAYBE you could get into the 70s with a heating element running 24/7 but as Bogertophis said, one flick of the power, one bulb burning out, any short time spent without that element on, and you have a sick or dead snake.