Most people that keep snakes, and keep alot of snakes, have separate rooms for them. That way it is easier to maintain appropriate heat.

But for one snake, you just need to ensure that your snake has a controlled environment. His/her environment will be their enclosure.

I use heat tape - flexxwatt, for each end of my enclosures. Which means having two thermostats and two separate heating devices (flexxwat, heat pads, etc.) that keep the cool end at 80-84 degrees, and the hot end at 90-94 degrees.

As well you want to measure those temps with a dual indoor/outdoor thermometer and hydrogemeter. That will also measure your humidity.

If you have the enclosure set up to a thermostats, or two thermostats, they will adjust as the temperatures in your space change, and will maintain constant temps for your snake.

Maintaining constant temps and humidity is crucial. You create an environment that has a thermal gradient and appropriate humidity, then your snake is free to move around within that environment in order to find the appropriate place it needs to be.

Good luck, BPs are a really rewarding pet.

I live in a loft and have b/w 15 - 20 bps at all times. I manage to keep their husbandry impeccable. And we have no central heating, it is all space heaters (convectaires).

I would recommend though keeping your snakes in a part of your space where you are likely to get the least amount of temp fluctuations. I keep mine in the back of the space, away from the windows.

One concern for you... is that is the temps in your space drop substantially, then that would limit your handling of your snake. You do not want to be taking it from a controlled environment to a cold environment, especially for extended periods of time.

I also keep corn snakes, milksnakes, rats, ASFs, mice, gerbils, insects, and one lizard. No one that comes into my space even knows we keep animals unless we tell them and point out where they are hiding throughout the space.

Bruce

A snake in a loft...