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RE: Cooling?

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Posted by: bigtman at Sat Oct 15 22:22:06 2011   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by bigtman ]  
   

I live in Las Vegas. What I do is use a humid hide. Get a plastic food container with a lid. Cut drill a hole so the snake can get inside, make the hole twice the size of the fattest part of the snake. That way he/she can grow and you can still use it. then put cypress mulch in it. about 3/4th the way up. then fill it with cold water, let it soak for about 5 minutes. drain all the water out. That way if the snake needs to cool he can go inside the hide and be a lot cooler. it works great. (plus will help with shedding.

Good luck



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Tom S

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  • Cooling? - Drudge, Sat Oct 15 20:58:15 2011
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    • RE: Cooling? - markg, Sun Oct 16 13:32:49 2011
    • RE: Cooling? - chefdev, Tue Oct 18 15:20:14 2011
    • RE: Cooling? - Jlassiter, Tue Oct 18 22:00:22 2011

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