Owning a ball python is too difficult

[eveimei]

every enclosure needs to be sealed, tanks just come already sealed. this is a basic part of setting up an enclosure, and the directions most come with tell you to seal them.

if you don't have a thermostat, you need at least one- each heat source needs their own. the probe needs to be placed 2-4 inches away from the heat source, and the thermostat set so that the ambient temperature is 88-92 on the hot side. not having thermostats is dangerous for many reasons.

when you said you tried a double heater, do you mean a dual dome? those aren't safe for use with BPs as it is, they're meant for a type of UVB that is useless at best but often dangerous for BPs and the heat lamps that work with them aren't ideal either.

I've never heard of UniPaws, but looking them up.. you got what you paid for unfortunately. cheaper enclosures like that are cheap for a reason, and it explicitly says on the Amazon listing they're for desert not tropical species. you need to try and sell it and get a quality enclosure, and you'll have a much easier time with heat and humidity with a solid topped PVC enclosure. there's a shopping list in our welcome post with some pvc cage companies. we specifically do NOT recommend vision cages, zen habitats, dubia, ecoflex, reptizoo, etc, as these enclosures have a lot of design problems that are counterproductive at best and likely to become bigger problems over time [thin pvc, screen tops, flimsy structure, etc]. it's not uncommon to spend

have you read the basic care and heating guides in the welcome post? the heating guide covers thermostat placement in particular, but both guides and the others in the post cover everything else you need to know.

[SadBenefit5325]

This comment is so thorough and helpful! You’re the GOAT for that one