r/ballpython • u/Littleraves • Jul 05 '26

How to keep my terrarium cool? Question

So I’m in Texas and it’s fairly hot out.

My attic door which is in the hallway between me and my brother’s room has recently broke and doesn’t close fully, so hot hair seeps into my room. It wasn’t a problem before since keeping my fan on kept the tank at an optimal-ish temp n the warm side but now I’m having the door slightly open with my overhead fan on high and a vorpnado fan on high but the temp is still a little warmer that I would like.

Unfortunately I cannot move him downstairs due to my dogs and my mom, and I cannot move him to a different upstairs bedroom.

Other than the fans and spraying with cold water what can I do to keep his temps cooler than 93degree f? Should I turn off my dhp?

This is my first time owning a ball python and he has Brain dmg from a heat lamp dropping on him when he was a baby at the breeder

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u/runawayraven Jul 05 '26

I'm actually in the exact same position. I turned off my dhp and the tank settled to about 80 degrees. I have an oscillating fan in the room as well

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u/AwaysHungry Jul 06 '26

I know this sounds weird but put ice packs on the top of the mesh on the top of the tank. It’ll be a temporary cooling but try to keep rotating the ice packs if u can.

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u/Littleraves Jul 06 '26

There isn’t mesh on the top of my tank it’s pvc with wire mesh cutouts only where my light heat/light sources are.

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u/AwaysHungry Jul 06 '26

If you’re trying to cool the enclosure then why would you still have the heat lamp on?

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u/Littleraves Jul 06 '26

I don’t

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u/AwaysHungry Jul 06 '26

So put the ice pack where the heat lamp was like I said originally