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RE: outdoor enclosure

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Posted by: BillyBoy at Fri Jun 15 12:21:37 2007   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by BillyBoy ]  
   

This is exactly what I do with all my snakes (boas, ATB's, yellow rats, corns and tiger rats) and I am in South Florida. They all do wonderfully and breed for me too. Even though the temps hit the low 90's at times in the summer, it's usually only for a few hours in the late afternoons. Night time temps quickly drop back down to the low 80's. I would go this route instead of outside for sure. Too many variables with outdoor enclosures, the least of which is the weather.

Billy

>>I housed six larger females in my garage in Melbourne, without any issue for over a year. I used a light on a timer. It would get in the low 90's some days last summer. I would avoid anything with direct sun light on any part of the cage. The sun moves around quite a bit over the year, so you can start out great and then be in trouble and not realize it. I have trouble with rats on a porch because of this. If you do go outside, you will have to deal with the cold as well.
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>>Get a nice light and an appliance timer. Stay in the garage.
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>>Cheers,
>>Al


   

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