MY First Ball Python

With my ball python I use a combination of a heating pad and heat lamp. I also use a thermostat and thermometer to keep the temperature between 85 -90F in part of the cage. The other part of the cage can stay around average room temperature, unless you keep your house extremely cold. The snake should not experience temperatures lower than 65F. Ball Pythons are Nocturnal, this means they are mostly active during the night. It is not recommended to have your lamp on during the night time hours. I bought an aquarium timer from my local pet store to kick off power to the heat lamp at around 9 o clock at night and kick back on at around 6 or 7 in the morning. This gives your ball python the appropriate time of darkness it needs and it is ok if the temperature drops during the nighttime hours. The temperature naturally drops down to between 60 and 70 degrees at night where they are located in the wild. If your house gets colder than this you might want to think about getting a night bulb as a heat source, the type of bulb puts off very little light but still heats the cage.

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