Another thing you can do...

Is to get a small 6 quart sterilite shoe box at walmart for .99 cents....drill some holes in the side for air with a 1/4 inch drill bit...get a bag of CYPRESS mulch from the local garden center...buy a couple bags because they may not carry it through winter.

Do NOT get cedar...Cedar is BAD....Poison.

Make sure it is Cypress....if no cypress is available you can also use aspen bedding...
Just cut a hole in one end of shoe box and put about a third full of cypress wet down the cypress as it dries every so many days...
Put this shoe box with cover on it and hole in end for ball to use as a hide box... on part of the heat tape side inside the 10 gallon tank....you can put more cypress around tank and even over the shoe box to make it look like another level for ball to climb...

I think I understand why you or anyone would use a light on tank....I would say it is the ambient air temps you are trying to raise up....this is good if done right...but what you can do is use a 25 watt bulb and plug into a $10 lamp dimmer you buy at home depot, this will allow you to dim the bulb down to safe temps. The cypress holds moisture well and the container used as a hide box will ensure a humid area for your ball python.

Hope this helps, Andy Federico
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