Any Tips on Reptile cooling in Extreme weather?

[Vilenica]

I am in need of finding ways to keep outside kept reptiles cool in extremely hot weather. I have used fans to my advantage but I was hoping on getting some other tips for ambient temperature control in a screen enclosed breezeway that can reach 100 degrees in the summer. The screen enclosed patio is ~14 long x 8 wide and 8 tall. It houses a pair of versa rack 11unit tall cb 70 with bps and bloods in Homestead florida.

Ice packs, misters? any experience, suggestions appreciated.

[Russ Lawson]

2x4's, plywood, fiberglass insulation, and possibly a window A/C unit. Turn that patio into a room! Apart from that, I've got nothing, as I've always kept all my animals indoors.

[Vilenica]

unfortunately thats not an option, that would be sweet. Are there any outside keepers that have some tips for me?

[maria1232]

BP should never be left outside SPECIALLY in Fl....dont mean to sound rude, but if you cant keep them inside why keep them at all.... i live in fl too and if i ws to leave my snakes outside in the summer they would FRYYY... nothing short of converting a patio into a room is going to help, cause it gets extremely too hot

[Vilenica]

if you look at the weather in togo benin ghana where they come from its 78-99 degrees right now. they do live in the ground ... so wouldnt you say they could live in the ground in florida rather than shooting down keeping them outside together... thanks anyways but i was looking for a solution like using soils as substrate or .....

[bsash]

I am in need of finding ways to keep outside kept reptiles cool in extremely hot weather. I have used fans to my advantage but I was hoping on getting some other tips for ambient temperature control in a screen enclosed breezeway that can reach 100 degrees in the summer. The screen enclosed patio is ~14 long x 8 wide and 8 tall. It houses a pair of versa rack 11unit tall cb 70 with bps and bloods in Homestead florida.

Ice packs, misters? any experience, suggestions appreciated.

Well, I live no where near Florida, I live in New Jersey. However, I used to keep my monitors it my screen porch in the summer, which had windows over the screen. But were not your typical windows, they are cheap thin things, almost like putting a piece of glass over the screen. Any how, I had only had one week of really hot weather, which I had to cool them down. I didn't want to move them just for one week. But, what I did was put an ice pack in a ziploc bag that was full of sand, just so if they were to lay on it, it would not be like them laying on a block of ice. It may take some toying around with to get it right so it is not too cold, but it worked for me during that week. Hope this helps you, I no longer put them on my porch just because I had to toy with my temperatures a lot, but if moving them is not an option for you, maybe that will be worth a try.

[steveboos]

BP should never be left outside SPECIALLY in Fl....dont mean to sound rude, but if you cant keep them inside why keep them at all.... i live in fl too and if i ws to leave my snakes outside in the summer they would FRYYY... nothing short of converting a patio into a room is going to help, cause it gets extremely too hot

Agreed!

[Vilenica]

Thanks for the tip with the sand that seems worth trying. I was trying to pull together a way to use ice packs (economical, can be cycled easily) a large pack on one side of a tub would definitely affect the ambient temp.

[Vilenica]

By the way im not concerned with how people in North Florida and the Carolinas, feel about keeping ball pythons outside I started this thread for help because I havent had problems In ten years and I did last year with Ambient temps in the 87-88 range If you want to start a poll about keeping reptiles in your basement or outside be my guest.

[maria1232]

if you dont want to hear our point of view, dont post it on a public forum, send a pm, or dont complain when people dont agree with your point of view, its a forum and people will say what they feel like saying, you can do whatever you want to do, believe me, i wont be there to scold you, wether i or anyone thinks its right or wrong, it obviously wont change your mind, but then dont go saying that you dont care what people of diferent places live at, most people here dont live in fl or NC, so basically u just shot down all your chance of getting a response, good luck