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Had to do this because of too high temps in my house since we cant use the HVAC due to allergies. Only heat is wood stove. I'll keep it on my covered poarch.
Sorry for such a dark pick but the critter cages work beautifully where the cooler sliding shelf would normally go. All wiring goes out threw the drain plug hole. Pic shows the temp and thermostate probe taped level with the bottom of the critter cages. This set up will hold 4 adults. There is also an air tube hooked up to an aquarium air pump that runs into the drain hole as well that will run a couple of hours each day.

>>Had to do this because of too high temps in my house since we cant use the HVAC due to allergies. Only heat is wood stove. I'll keep it on my covered poarch.
>>Sorry for such a dark pick but the critter cages work beautifully where the cooler sliding shelf would normally go. All wiring goes out threw the drain plug hole. Pic shows the temp and thermostate probe taped level with the bottom of the critter cages. This set up will hold 4 adults. There is also an air tube hooked up to an aquarium air pump that runs into the drain hole as well that will run a couple of hours each day.
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Very interesting. Keep us posted as to how that works out. What kind of temps can you maintain? Thanks...TC

If it would ever get cold hear in central VA I can maintain temps at 50F. But it is still warm here. Tomorrow they are calling for 70F.

First, I didn't see any water bowls in those cages. Cooled snakes still need water. Second, you don't need to take them down to 50, 58 - 60 works just fine. Third, I did about the same thing last year, and I pumped fresh air into my cooler a few hours a day and had a large bowl of water in there to keep it humid and all my snakes (P. o. o. and P. g. e.) did very well.

I also live in Virginia (Tidewater area), and for that reason, I think that it is a bad idea to try to cool them down to 50 F. Soil temps just below the surface stay about 58 F all winter around here, so unless you have snakes from very northern climates, you risk shocking their systems when we have those warm spell like we are having this week by trying to cool them that low.

Best of luck with your breeding projects next year.

Rick

They will have water bowls. I just finished putting it together and am now calibrating the temps for a few days before putting them in it. I'm glad to hear about not having to cool them down to 50. I will go with your advice on the higher temps. Thanks for the info!!

BTW, what will you be cooling this winter? I have Black and Great Plains Rats, plus a pait of Mole King Snakes in mine.

Best of luck to you this spring.

Rick

butter corn,hypo miami, NC locale eastern kings and meallmorum. Ireally like the mole kings and hope to add some to my cllection

good luck to you as well. Also, do you do any field herping? I have done some with Steve Craig, Patton(king snake forum), and Peter Jolles from ECC this past year and am always looking for others to go with.