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well as some of you know i plan on keepin/ breeding a few rats in my upstairs hall way but durring winter it gets down to 65 at its coldest in the hall way should i put some heat tape along the bottom or back of the cages or will 65 night and 75 day temps be ok i know they will only feeder rats but i still dont want them catching colds etc. any input on what temps every uses would be nice.

I don't know the temps for rodents but it will in part depend on what substrate, if any, you are housing them on. If it is wood shavings or some similar material they will construct insulated little nests/beds which will allow them to take much lower temps.

Hopefully so9meone who actually knows the temps will chime in for ya soon.

Sean.
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1.1 BRB
1.1 Triple Het TPRS's
1.1 Amel Bloodred Corns
0.1 Abbott Okeetee Corn
0.1 Blizzard Bloodred Corn
1.1 Thayeri Kingsnakes
0.1 Reeve's Turtle
0.2 Amstaff's
1.0 Pudytat

Maybe I should just mail you a magnet, lol.

I had fun at the show... I didn't get anything but the plane did have 4 snakes in it on the trip back.

How did you do? Did you get anything for yourself?
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Aubrey Ross

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its more fun tryin to get it and forget it lol nothing for myself to poor all money goes to mr. bank i only sold the big corn snake i had and my pair of dumerils and gave away my male baby ball with the dumerils i wish i had money i would of came home with a killer baby tegu and a smokin hott big jungle carpet and and and and and lol it was a very slow show this time due to cold and last day of deer hunting and all

I only keep rats as pets, but I think the only thing you really need to worry about is the rate of breeding when the temps go down... they tend to be much less prolific when they're not kept warm. A little sniffling/sneezing in rats is completely normal and harmless to them and your snakes, as far as I know.
Hope that helps!
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-Jaime Palma
Mad-City Constrictors

Hey, Jamie! Love the name you picked out for yourself. Can't wait to see your website when it is up and running. Go Captain Jack!
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Aubrey Ross

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Tim,
..Those temps will not cause any problems. I breed my rats in my garage and it goes thru much larger temperature changes than that. Provide more substrate during cold weather and they will keep babies in nests. Production of babies drops off when lows are below 50 and highs are above 85.
Jeff

>>well as some of you know i plan on keepin/ breeding a few rats in my upstairs hall way but durring winter it gets down to 65 at its coldest in the hall way should i put some heat tape along the bottom or back of the cages or will 65 night and 75 day temps be ok i know they will only feeder rats but i still dont want them catching colds etc. any input on what temps every uses would be nice.