How to cool down a BP cage?

It’s going to reach 40 Celsius here, and my house does not have AC :(
I’m really worried about my BP
what do I do to cool down his enclosure? He has a fully enclosed PVC cage, so any thing that I would use to cool off the cage has to be inside of the cage itself

ive heard of cold water bottles, but I’m worried about him curling up next to or on it and getting too cold ?
Any other tips or ideas?

I assume you've turned off all heating to the cage? Personally I'd use frozen water bottles (or the re-freezable things they use in ice chests), but just put them inside something so your snake isn't in direct contact, & then at one end of the enclosure, so your snake can get close or stay distant. I'm saying "bottles" plural, but you might only need one- you'll have to experiment some to see what you need.

**I've only done this with heat, when an ice storm put out my power for days: I put my snakes in cloth bags & then into ice chests with large jars filled with very hot tap water for heat, & even in my cold house (it got down to 45*) they stayed a balmy 78-80* with me changing the water about every 8-9 hours.

The one drawback of cold water bottles is that they'll have condensation (drips of water) but hey, good for humidity. :confusd: Remember that heat rises & cold sinks, so you might actually be able to put the cold bottles on top of the enclosure- but that probably won't be as effective as inside. Anyway, I assume that "40* C" is what the outside temperature is going to be- it shouldn't be quite that hot indoors-?

**And btw, it's easier to cool a smaller space, so you could do the same thing for emergency cooling: bag your snake, then put him in an ice chest with a bottle of COLD water- not iced, & open it every now & then for fresh air. Monitor the temps too, obviously. My snakes were completely unfazed by the 4 days they spent in bags during that ice storm, & I've also moved across country with snakes bagged & protected by being in an insulated chest.

Do you have a good sized fan? If you keep it blowing on a damp towel, that will cool the room down- unless it's real humid where you live, then it won't help. That's how "swamp coolers" (aka evaporative coolers) work in the desert- only they use pads, not towels- but water drips thru the pad & the fan pulls air in across them, making it cool. I'm sure you can find a way to fake this.

It's going to be 104F(40c) in your home?

I'd get a hotel room.

I don't know what Country your in so what I say may mean something else.

Fans, bigger the better pointed at the tank.

Swamp coolers, big fans with cloth that is wetted to cool the air. Ice cooler is a fan blown over 20# + of ice. It will cool the air for a few feet or small room.

AC, portable or window shaker in the room with the tank.

Pull the blinds so the house is dark. Keep the heat out.

If you have old school windows open the top window.

Do not unplug your thermostat, your heat won't come on till needed.


I have window shakers in the snake an dog rooms. For the snakes the AC is set at 85F. My old farm house still doesn't have AC. One for these days I'll by the split units for it.

Good luck!

Day is over, so how did it go?

You can take a cold pack from the freezer, wrap it in a hand towel, and put that into a zip-lock food storage bag to ensure the towel stays wrapped around the cold pack. The towel will get cool but not so cold it will harm your snake if your snake comes into contact with it.

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Originally Posted by bcr229

Day is over, so how did it go?

You can take a cold pack from the freezer, wrap it in a hand towel, and put that into a zip-lock food storage bag to ensure the towel stays wrapped around the cold pack. The towel will get cool but not so cold it will harm your snake if your snake comes into contact with it.

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so far it’s been alright! But the warmest day is in a few days