winter heating question

I have very succesfully used oil filled heaters for about 15 years. They are all over the place this time of year (Wally World, Home Depot, Lowes, etc.) In most "bedroom" sized snakerooms the heater will do the job at the lower 600-700 watt setting. Takes it a few hours for them to gain momentum and then you are set. I feel a lot safer with those than the toaster style heaters as well. The Ranco or Johnson Controls is the way to go here for sure. It is actually pretty much what they are made for. Their wattage capacity is up to the task where most of the proportionals are not. Frankly a proportional really isn't all that needed for this anyhow. I will also have to add that room temps in the 60's, regardless of cage type or heating built in, will likely lead to trouble with most boids (not so much with most colubrids). It will also keep your heat source running at its maximum non stop all the time which will potentially also lead to trouble or premature failure. Just too cool. 72-75 is usually just fine. A few degrees makes all the difference especially at night when it is cold outside. I have also done the somewhat unsightly but bvery effective plastic over the window trick many times over the years in various houses and apartments when I lived on LI.


Rich
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Can you put the snakes in an enclosed room? If so, I would recommend an electric fan heater; we have no heat vent in our bedroom and it gets cold..we use the elec. heater at night (brand name is Holmes; model 1Touch)(no herps in the bedroom) and it makes things nice and toasty; has a built-in thermostat too. Honestly, our room gets into the low 60s and even the high 50s in the winter; we put the heater on an hour or so before bed and it is nice and warm (sometimes too hot!)
And plastic over the windows is a definite in this house; drafty, old farmhouse that it is, with weird 1970s crank windows, lol.