Quote Originally Posted by joepythons
ADAM, I was told to keep the temps at 90 and any higher could cause problems for the snake.I was told this by a professional breeder of several years.This will be my second year of breeding ball pythons.I never have any problems out of any of any of my snakes not digesting thier meals.
JOE, I have no doubts that is what you were told.

This is my 26th year keeping ball pythons and my 11th year breeding them. I have observed hot spot temperatures in the racks of many professional breeders like Ralph Davis and Peter Kahl that collectively keep several THOUSAND ball python .... and their hot spots are 92-95. Having two of the largest and most valuable ball python collections in the world, I consider Ralph and Pete to be authorities on the husbandry of p. regius. Their ball pythons as well as mine seem to be thriving at those temps, and the proof is in the breeding results.

If 90 works for you then that's awesome, I was just pointing out that other people might not have the same success.

-adam