Let me clarify a few things. First, I would not propose a beginning keeper do this. I've kept other snakes successfully without belly heat (boas and a variety of colubrids) in a heated room. I also plan to monitor this very closely taking temperature readings of every tub and doing this slowly. Secondly, I do have a dedicated well insulated building with it's own climate control. Nothing fancy like what VPI has but I can keep it pretty toasty in there and I also live in a very warm climate (South Texas). I also have enough snakes to make this worthwhile, especially considering I'll be saving quite a bit of money 1/3 of the year by not trying to keep the building at 80 or below during the hot months and during the Spring neither the A/C or the heat will probably be needed except maybe a bit of heat at night. So the only real increase in electricity will be the middle of winter. I do realize you can get variances between tubs but even with Flexwatt, you can get some variances from tub to tub. Obviously if you live in a cool climate, you can get wide variances so I do agree that this may not work for everybody. All I'm saying is that we "might" want to re-think things hence the title of this thread
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