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I was thinking about placing a rack in the closet. Alot of info suggests that it is good for maintaining warmth to put them in an enclosed area. I was wondering if this was ok especially for the health of the snakes. I would use lamps on timers for light cycling.
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0.1 Rubber Boa
1.0 Eastern Hognose 2003 super red
0.2 Eastern Hognose Snakes
3.3 Western Hognose Snakes
1.0 Durango Mountain Kingsnake
1.1 Woma's (new!)
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Black Knobbed Sawback
Northern Diamondback
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1.0 African Hedgehog
1.0 Sulcata
1.1
1 Pleco
2 Silver Dollars
3 Bosemian Rainbows
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1 Upside Down Catfish
2.0 Fire Guramis

uhh... I think that is it.

I've kept racks in two different closets and it generally worked well. Fortunately in both cases there was enough room to use a space heater safely without getting it too close to the walls.

The main issue I had was that my vertical heat gradient was dramatically amplified. In one situation this was not a problem since I had a variety of snake species at the time and was able to put the less heat tolerant species on the bottom of the rack and vice versa. In the other example I had all the same species in a 6' tall rack and struggled to keep the specimens on the bottom warm enough while not over-heating the specimens on the top.

Odor does build up more quickly, suggesting a lack of ventilation. I made sure to leave the doors open with a fan running for an hour or so several times per week.

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I was thinking about placing a rack in the closet. Alot of info suggests that it is good for maintaining warmth to put them in an enclosed area. I was wondering if this was ok especially for the health of the snakes. I would use lamps on timers for light cycling.