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Any tricks to bring down the temps in a space just 3-4 degrees? The closet I am going to be brumating in is usually around 67 degrees with consistant drops down to around 62. Anyone know any tricks to get it to stay down?
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0.1 Snow Corn "Hope"
1. Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Chunk" (Goonies)
.1 Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Peaches"
0.0.1 MO Locale Black Ratsnake "Molly" (Flogging Molly)

"I'll be whatever I wanna do!"

I'm not sure of your setup, but large blocks of ice made in your freezer. Cold air falls, really warm air does not raise, it is pushed up, so place teh ice over your area. It maye help a bit.

I have the same problem. I may use an area near a window cracked open, with a stat set at 60. But in Ohio temps range so much it scares me. I may try something at work too.

Good Luck

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Thanks for reading.
Big Tom

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Its been several years since I had to deal with a similar problem but here's a solution that worked for me. I was using sterilite boxes with their lids for cooling my colubrids. The day time temps were up but evening temps were perfect. I set the snakes in their boxes and placed them outside during the evening to get their temps down. I then took an old 60 gallon aquarium with triple thick glass, stood it on end, and placed it outside to get cold. Once everything was cold I stacked the boxes in the aquarium and wrapped it in bubble pack. I placed it off in a corner of the garage but a closet will work also. It worked just like a refrigerator or a coleman cooler. That glass got cold and with the bubble pack it maintained the cool temps. I have picked up old 60 gallon aquariums from local tropical fish stores for as cheap as $30. Used, some minor scratches, but still water tight. They work fine for geckos, beardeds, and for cooling when daytime temps are too high.

Well the good news is that you really don't need to cool Cornsnakes in order to breed them. I only cool mine because I want them to breed earlier in the season. But even then my temps regularly get into the mid to high 60's. I have breed them without any changes at all, especially with females that are one the brink of being breeding size. I will keep them warm and feeding through the winter to get them to size for breeding in the spring.