How much do your snakes add to your electric bill?

[Robyn@SYR]

I have always envied the guys in Florida, sometimes running a $0 reptile energy bill : )

Here in Colorado, the public service bill on our facility runs $1500+a month in the warm months, around $3000 a month in the winter. That was always a tough pill to swallow.

Up until Monday, of course. That is one piece of relief I am glad to have.

[RichsBallPythons]

I have always envied the guys in Florida, sometimes running a $0 reptile energy bill : )

Here in Colorado, the public service bill on our facility runs $1500+a month in the warm months, around $3000 a month in the winter. That was always a tough pill to swallow.

Up until Monday, of course. That is one piece of relief I am glad to have.

Were you guys doing belly heat with a 80 room temp or was whole place heated.

I would think keeping shops this size at 86-88 and no belly heat would be beneficial on the overall bill

[SlitherinSisters]

I don't notice anything during the summer, and I have a good 24 feet of flexwatt running. It's the space heater in the winter that I notice, but it's only $20-$30 depending on how cold it is outside.

And for the space heater haters I use my space heater at full power in the really cold months, so roughly 2 months straight when the temps are in the single digits or less. The snake room is in my basement with cement block walls, and no insulation. Still the bill is only another $20-$30 a month. But you have to keep in mind that different areas get charged different rates. For example our monthly water bill was $19 a month when we moved in, now that I have a billion rats that go through 10 gallons of water a week our bill is still only $30 a month.

[mainbutter]

In total it's about a $30-40/month difference, but we certainly could cut that down if we caged a few animals differently.

[Robyn@SYR]

Were you guys doing belly heat with a 80 room temp or was whole place heated.

I would think keeping shops this size at 86-88 and no belly heat would be beneficial on the overall bill

Ambient room temp around 80 plus hot spots (for python setups). Plus lizards, plus rodent freezers, etc.

We were just starting to do Balls with lower ambient heat and no hot spots at all, for the cycling females, particularly the Deserts. Turned regular follicle growth and breeding progress into a snail's pace. But it was still progressive. Given the super slow growth, I would have expected follicles to shrink back in that typical time frame, but they didn't, just came along super slowly, and copulations continued. Was very interesting.

[satomi325]

Thanks everybody for their input!
Overall, it doesn't seem like adding snakes will make a significant difference in the electricity bill. (~$10-$30 isn't bad)


I was a little worried for a moment there.
haha