I know the general recommendation for most pythons (children's in this case) is to heat the warm end to around 32, which should form a gradient to about 26 at the cool end. The new enclosure I've done up, pictured below, has a 100w ceramic in the warm end, which struggles to hit 30 degrees. The cool end is about 20.
What are peoples thoughts on heat cord on the cool end, about 50%, set to about 26 degrees. Theory being this should raise the ambient, giving the ceramic the ability to hit 32 up the warm end. In addition, I'd likely just run the ceramic during the day, leaving the cord to keep a 26 degree night temp. Thoughts? Photo of enclosure is below (yeah, it's a little rough, I'm a computer tech, not a carpenter.. Grey bag was to raise thermometer in that corner.). I'd likely just tape the cord down under the fake grass.
What are peoples thoughts on heat cord on the cool end, about 50%, set to about 26 degrees. Theory being this should raise the ambient, giving the ceramic the ability to hit 32 up the warm end. In addition, I'd likely just run the ceramic during the day, leaving the cord to keep a 26 degree night temp. Thoughts? Photo of enclosure is below (yeah, it's a little rough, I'm a computer tech, not a carpenter.. Grey bag was to raise thermometer in that corner.). I'd likely just tape the cord down under the fake grass.