My "cellar" Snake Room

[Kempire]

Hey guys, I just wanted to share with you guys, how I make my "snake room". I am just starting my collection and breeding of Bps, but I think I have made a good room for it. I own a new home and have a 12x8 cellar under my porch. I is all concrete and there is a sump pump in it. I put a digital de-humidifier in there and closed off the air vent to the outside, and created a vent into my basement. The dehumdifier is set to 63% humidity and holds it steady within a couple degrees, and the drain drains into my sump. The room temp is sitting at 77-81 because of the dehumidifer running, and the hot spots on my rack are 89. This has been holding steady for 4 months, and I will see what happens when the snow falls, but I have many options to keep this an ideal setup. Also, I have lights on a timer, so I can completely control the environment and breed all year round. Can anyone see and potential problems with this set-up? anywho, just sharing this with you all...

[llovelace]

I would raise your hot spots to 92-94.

[Tree]

sounds like you put a bit of work into it and sounds like it should be pretty good.

hope you get them breeding good so we can see some pics of the hatching baby's

[Simple Man]

Hot spots sounds just fine. If it holds stable during the winter it sounds like you got a good setup! Best of luck to you.

Regards,

B

[mainbutter]

I would raise your hot spots to 92-94.

Hot spots sounds just fine.

@ the OP:

Everyone has their own method and does what works best for them, and that includes hot spot temps. The above quotes show that no two people do things exactly alike.

With regards to your hot spot temp, some like llovelace might change it if it was in their care, others like Simple Man would not. If you haven't figured this out yet, that doesn't mean your way is right or wrong, it just means that they are giving information about what works for them.

I have my flexwatt in my rack thermostat'd at 89*F, which has some hot spot variation depending on room temperature, and allows for seasonal ambient temp changes. I tend to keep a number of my species a little bit cooler than what I read some people on the internet keep theirs at.

Keep an eye on your temps as winter rolls around. We get very dry and sometimes VERY cold here during Minnesota winters. Luckily our heat works very well, and we set the apartment t-stat to 65. Because of the chillier indoor temps, we use belly heat on our racks and place hides over where the tub on the flexwatt, so that our snakes have heated hides. We also tend to use wider water dishes in winter to make up for any humidity loss.

It sounds like you've got things under wonderful control, I bet your animals are just as happy as could be.