Please follow Doug's advice.
These are very hardy snakes but keeping them too warm is their weak spot. They will go downhill very quickly if kept too warm. We have sold some to very experienced reptile folks who thought "they will be ok if I keep them in the bottom rack in my python room". And two weeks later they are dead.
What's too warm? Temps above 82 aren't good. They can and will take higher temps for a short period of time, but they will do best if kept below 78. We try to keep our group in the mid 70's and we see great feeding, and great breeding at these temps.
Providing a mulch type of bedding is also important and will help quite a bit with keeping humidity at the proper levels. What you want is for top of the bedding to be almost dry, but at the bottom level of the bedding, nicely damp. Damp not wet.
If you follow these two things, you will have an awesome snake. They are great feeders, very pretty, and with some careful handling, can calm down quite a bit as they get older.

Chad

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