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Firstly congratulations on such an articulate first post. You seem like you know what you're doing and also that you're prepared to do the research involved which is a great first step to owning a python (again!).
It's hard to be impartial to what would be a good snake to start off with again because I absolutely adore Stimson's Pythons. My first (2) snake purchases were stimmies and I've remained extremely fond of them ever since.
I used a top heat source for my adult stimmie enclosures coupled with a thermostat. I keep the heat source down one end only and at the opposite end to the water dish. I set my thermostat (placed very near the heat source) to a max of 32C in the summer month. I let them cool down in the winter months considerably. A three foot enclosure would be plenty big enough for an adult Stimson's (or even a pair).
I'm sure others will have much more to add but I wanted just to reply to a few of your questions. Good Luck with your new python (whatever it may be) & welcome to the site! :-)
Chanty79
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