Actually, I think an outside shed would be the ticket. As long as you build it big enough. If you used 2x6 studs and R-19 insulation in the walls and packed as much as you could (with proper ventilation of course) in the ceiling, a 12X16 snake house would be awesome, for a relaviely small collection (100 or so animals). With that level of insulation, it could likely be heated with one, or at most 2, oil radiators in the coldest seasons. If the option to build under trees is possible, all the better. My building (using those same insulative measures) maintains a near perfect base temp year round, except of course this summer, when climate change kicked my arse. I will remove the skylights next year and pack that space with insulation (and ventilation) and I think that will drop me back into the 70's for summer.

Oh yeah, you'd obviously have to run some Romex and conduit out to the snake house for electricity, but that isn't complicated. I think that if you have hooked up Flex-Watt before, then you could figure out a couple of plugs with some guidance. When I'm stumped, I find the oldest dude in the HD electrical dept. ask the right questions and I get schooled real quick (and I'm often called a ding-dong - it should be a merit badge.

I think a well insulated snake shack would be perfect! Do it and lets hear about it. Good luck!

Will

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