Ball python heating help

[Wowdude11]

Minor quibble: an incandescent bulb can be thermostatically controlled. A simple on/off stat would be expected to blink the bulb unacceptably, but good units such as Herpstats have settings that make incandescent bulbs usefully controllable. That's not to say that an incandescent bulb is a great option for a snake that isn't primarily a basking species.

the halogen heat bulb is on a dimmer. So it doesn’t completely turn off. I also have the uvb bulb / plant light so if the halogen goes

What is the ambient air temp in the room? That will affect the temp of the cool side.

the air temp in the room is anywhere between 75-77

The light for the plants is adding to the heat in the enclosure. It looks like there are only plastic plants in the enclosure, though? The T5 UVB lamp is adding heat, too. Both of those could be replaced with an LED strip for viewing light and photoperiod if need be.

correct he likes to squish his plants. So I added fake one for now which he squishes. I eventually wanted to add another real plant. I did turning off the light to see if it affected heat. It did make any difference. I was thinking of switching to one of those led tho.

There doesn't appear to be any real ventilation in the enclosure; the photos seem to show only the two vents in the back near the top, and those won't move much air (since they're not placed to allow warm moist air to exit and cool drier air to enter). Part of the issue could be that the box is simply sealed up too tightly.

this is what I was thinking is the most likely case. I was thinking of adding to 2” vents near the bottom cool side on the left wall instead of the back. And adding 2 of the same 2” vents on the other side on the side wall higher up near the heat lamps. Would this be too much air flow ? Or should I just add the one 2” vents hole on the cool side and see how it goes. Another option I was thinking is adding one of those computer fans on the outside of the vent on the back and have it suck out hot air. Not sure if that would work.

That enclosure will probably get some heat from the enclosure underneath it. If that's the case, raising the top enclosure on small spacers (1/2") that leave an air gap that's open to the room will allow heat from the bottom enclosure to dissipate into the room; four square 1/2" dowels, each 2 feet in length, placed under the top enclosure from front to back would do it.

I’ll try this and see what changes