Thinking of Outdoor Snake room.

[SoCaliSon]

I have recently moved into a smaller place, and we are VERY CRAMPED with all the animals we brought along.

I have a lockable aluminum storage shed that would make a nice outdoor snake room if I could keep the temps stable.

Does anyone keep their snakes in an outdoor shed? What would be the best way to approach this?

Insulate the whole shed?
Build very well insulated racks?

Your thoughts, and recommendations would be appreciated.

I already tried to set up my boa out there, and it did not work out well. I had him in his large glass tank, and I covered most of the screen top using card board, and I set up a CHE on a thermostat...I monitored the temps out there before letting him stay the night. Well it seemed like he would be fine with the CHE, but when I came out after his first night... He was coiled up on the cool side and cold to the touch, He was not thermoregulating, and almost froze himself to death with the proper temps available in other areas of the tank ... Seeing him so out of it gave me a very sick feeling, I knew this was my error. After moving him back inside, and getting him warmed up, he ended up regurging his last meal. Talk about the most disgusting job I have ever had to handle out of years of keeping all kinds of herps. ( A large half digested rat does not carry a pleasant arroma.) It has been almost a week since this happened, and since this he has had his first refusal. He seems active and normal now, I just hope he eats soon.

Thanks,
Joe

[Skiploder]

I have recently moved into a smaller place, and we are VERY CRAMPED with all the animals we brought along.

I have a lockable aluminum storage shed that would make a nice outdoor snake room if I could keep the temps stable.

Does anyone keep their snakes in an outdoor shed? What would be the best way to approach this?

Insulate the whole shed?
Build very well insulated racks?

Your thoughts, and recommendations would be appreciated.

I already tried to set up my boa out there, and it did not work out well. I had him in his large glass tank, and I covered most of the screen top using card board, and I set up a CHE on a thermostat...I monitored the temps out there before letting him stay the night. Well it seemed like he would be fine with the CHE, but when I came out after his first night... He was coiled up on the cool side and cold to the touch, He was not thermoregulating, and almost froze himself to death with the proper temps available in other areas of the tank ... Seeing him so out of it gave me a very sick feeling, I knew this was my error. After moving him back inside, and getting him warmed up, he ended up regurging his last meal. Talk about the most disgusting job I have ever had to handle out of years of keeping all kinds of herps. ( A large half digested rat does not carry a pleasant arroma.) It has been almost a week since this happened, and since this he has had his first refusal. He seems active and normal now, I just hope he eats soon.

Thanks,
Joe

You'd have to insulate the shed. Aluminum heats up fast and does a bad job of keeping heat in.

You'd need AC in the summer on the hottest days and a heater in the fall and winter - for the space, not the enclosure.

You can hook an oil-filled radiator to a thermostat and buy a portable AC and set it up the same way.

That would entail a full electrical hookup - a subpanel from the main.