Cold room, racks ok?

[barbie.dragon]

Hi everyone
I am thinking about getting a snake... Or 2.
Anyways i love the house to be cold and so does my mum. So my room sits at around 65 degrees. Sometimes colder and sometimes warmer. Anyways I read somewhere that uths and flex watts are not good at actually boosting the ambient temperature and I know ball pythons need it way warmer than my house!

So I guess the question is:
1. Can I have a rack in my house? Or is it too cold?

And random question: Does anyone know of any breeders in northern California? More like the southern part of the bay area? I was thinking about going to the sacramento reptile show but it's a little far and I don't want to rent a hotel to stay.....

[Rydasvp]

as long as you can keep the interior temps of the enclosure above 75 you should be ok.

[Kaorte]

It might be a little tough. 65 is pretty cool... You could go with some PVC enclosures and radient heat panels instead of a rack. That is if you are only planning on getting 2 or 3 snakes. Most PVC enclosures are stackable, so they still save space but they hold temps a bit better than a rack.

[HerpsForDerps]

With an enclosed rack you could use radiant heat panels or an area heater. I am going to make a cloth "wrap" for my enclosed RBI rack out of blanket material with a zipper for the front so I can still open the tubs (probably not necessary but I would like it in the event of a cold room during winter). I actually live in North Cali too. I am not too familiar with breeders in the area. I've had my three girls shipped to me from the East Coast. However I know Brian Gundy is in your area ans East Bay Vivarium. I have no experience with the vivarium but have had good things about Brian. Sacramento isn't that far from you either...wouldn't be more than a 90 minute drive each way. Very doable for a day trip and no need to rent a hotel room. I will also be attending that reptile show! Hope I helped and best of luck!

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[HerpsForDerps]

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[dr del]

Hi,

I'd say it will obviously need to be an enclosed rack rather than any of the open sided designs.



dr del

[barbie.dragon]

With an enclosed rack you could use radiant heat panels or an area heater. I am going to make a cloth "wrap" for my enclosed RBI rack out of blanket material with a zipper for the front so I can still open the tubs (probably not necessary but I would like it in the event of a cold room during winter). I actually live in North Cali too. I am not too familiar with breeders in the area. I've had my three girls shipped to me from the East Coast. However I know Brian Gundy is in your area ans East Bay Vivarium. I have no experience with the vivarium but have had good things about Brian. Sacramento isn't that far from you either...wouldn't be more than a 90 minute drive each way. Very doable for a day trip and no need to rent a hotel room. I will also be attending that reptile show! Hope I helped and best of luck!

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According to google maps I love about 2 hours away from the Herp show @_@
Yeah I heard about easy bay vocations so I guess I'll give them a shot

So if I have a closed rack with radiant heating it should be a ok?

And for the racks I need 1 thermostat but 3 thermometers and a temp gun?

[BHReptiles]

According to google maps I love about 2 hours away from the Herp show @_@

I just drove 5 hours to a reptile show to get my new snakes. Maybe that means I'm just crazy

[barbie.dragon]

I just drove 5 hours to a reptile show to get my new snakes. Maybe that means I'm just crazy

Nah it just means you love snakes X)

[Fidget]

Hi,

I'm a Bay Area resident with house temps in the mid-high 60's most of the year (not this week, though, phew!). I keep my snakes in a closed room with a ceramic space heater to maintain temps around 78-80. I just got my first rack with belly heat - a closed one, as suggested above - and I plan to insulate it with foam core or something before winter. It also needs something between the base and the hardwood floor - will probably start with a carpet remnant/padding and see how that goes.

I spend a lot of time thinking about ambient temp issues and would rather not be using a room heater 24/7/365, but with tubs and now a rack, it seems like that's what it takes. I'll probably switch to an oil-filled heater before winter. Good luck!