Snake Rack that can handle lower room temps?

[EmiLee]

Hi!
Curious if all you people that breed dedicate a full room to keeping 80 degrees in at all times? It would cost a lot to do where I live as night temps go down to 50 even in the summer time here. The room temp I can keep at a constant is around 70 degrees in the room I keep snakes. I currently keep my snake in a tank, and his ambient temp inside his enclosure is stabilized at noun 79-80 degrees through a CHE on thermostat.

HOWEVER in the next few years I'd love to get into some breeding potentially and would like to invest in a rack system.

Most rack systems seems as they only have one side with heat tape in their tubs. However I found one place that offered a rack system with two, however this company never wrote me back when I sent an inquiry about it.

Any one has any other recommendations for snake racks that can handle a room temperature of 70 degrees and still be able to keep a ambient temp of 80 inside enclosure? (Seems like double sided heat tapes would be the only way to do that)

Would love to hear your responses and ideas!

[bcr229]

With a room temp of 70*F you will definitely need two strips of heat tape, one at 90*F, the other around 82*F.

Another trick to keeping heat in the rack is to hang a small towel or baby blanket down the front.

[pretends2bnormal]

Another trick to keeping heat in the rack is to hang a small towel or baby blanket down the front.

I did this with an open-sided rack I built for winter time using just some fleece I bought at Joann's. Even only doing 2 sides, one long and one short, it was plenty to get up to 78 in a 72 degree room. Covering the front of an enclosed rack would definitely give it a boost too.

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