We have a heat rock- a UV lamp and a heat lamp on a thermostat but want to prevent burns

I have a 6mth Coastal Python and it seems to spend alot of time just soaking in water. My husband had to change the size of the water dish because he was trying to forse him self into the smaller dish and now that he has given him a bigger dish he seems to soak in it quite offten ? Also we are about to put him into his bigger enclouser as a snake breeder told us to keep him in a medium sized plastic tub for the first six months - just wanted to know what the temp should be in a enclouser that would be 6ft high 3.5 ft wide and 2 ft deep and is there anything speacile that they need in there apart from the light and heat lights any idea????? Thanks

My daughter got a ball python (baby) for her birthday the 10th of June. 10 days later it is dead. She offered the snake pinkies and it wouldn t take them so we offered it a live baby mouse and it took it. 2 days later- the snake s body above where the mouse is went completely concave! She died about 2 hours after we noticed and rushed her to the vet. They said it was probably too late to do anything so she just died. What could it have been?? We took good care of her with the right heating and lighting and water and a hiding spot. I can t find anything on the web about this. Please help us understand. Thanks

I want to breed my 2 snakes and i don t know what to sell the babies for?