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to incubate their bp eggs, if so how do you do it as far as heating,heaters, multiple thermostats?

I don't really see how you could do that. As far as heat goes you maybe could work something out....but the humidity aspect would be where I think it would get you. The only way I could see incubating eggs in your snake room is if you let the female do it or you have an incubator in the room.
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Luke Martin
Bronze Serpent Reptiles

I heat my Reptile room at 88 degrees.
I place the clutches into Five gallon buckets, and use glass panes to cover the bucket.
2006, every egg hatched that was laid fertile.
2005, every egg hatched that was laid fertile.
I do not use heat to cylce my animals. I do not cool them off, as giving them a clue for breeding conditions.
I use Light cycles.
My snake room is 65'x 14' with high ceilings.
It has three sky lights, double French Doors and huge windows.
Summer sun up at 5am down at 9pm. Winter sun up at 9am down at 5pm.
I've been breeding Burmese, Carpets, Rings, Bloods, etc for many years using this method. When I got into Balls, I just kept doing what worked for me.
I do not recommend others to attempt this, without more indepth studies of heat requirments of Python eggs, including humitity levels.
Just because it works for me, it may or may not work under your conditions that is in your "snake" room.
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Ron Billingsley
www.ronbillingsleyreptiles.com

i was of the impression that light cycles don't work well for balls (not the case for you, obviously) could you clear this up for me, from what i've turned up the natural habitat of balls consists of unchanging daylight hours throughout the year?

Most hobbyists, breeders use Temps to clue their animals into breeding. They have a hard time using a light cycle.
Some use both.
I find that just using light cycles, I can control my "clues" better without using all the electric gages that it takes to raise or lower temps.
A very old trick that some of the old timers use, is ..... a sray bottle full of cold water.
It works. Man, does it work.
I would take a spray bottle and mist large Burmese Pythons. Man, just stand back and watch them go at it. Just having the water sprayed on them, gave them their "clue".
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Ron Billingsley
www.ronbillingsleyreptiles.com