Hot!

[Salamander Rising]

The snakes are in a room that is impossible to install AC in.

The ambient temps in there have been 85+ for the last week thanks to the 105 outside temps.

Their enclosures have hit 84-86 ambient even though their hot/cool spots are okay and the ones in tubs have 60-70% humidity.
[that scares me the most]

The best I've been able to do by them is run a box fan in the room to try and reduce the stifling humidity.

What do y'all do in situations like this?

One way or the other, I need to move them upstairs eventually to an unused room that's being used a 'useful junk repository' right now.

I can run AC/heat up there year round.

For now, though, they're stuck downstairs.

[my LR AC is set to 65 and cranking like mad with a fan blowing the 'cool' 27 feet over to where I sit and I'm still posting nearly naked. it is hot!!!]

Ever since the heat wave started, Leon the Spider has been restless and edgy.
Nothing else in his home has changed except the hot spell.

He's just shy of his first birthday and I'm wondering if 'puberty' [or whatever] isn't setting in, too.
He was always an eager little piggy eater and now he's 'particular'.

Are some BPs more touchy about being warm?

The local herp store guy keeps his shop sweltering, year round.

Am I worrying too much?

[coincendental to Alice's Great Escape, several of my snakes now seem to be 'testing' their lids...and all of them are on the exact path he took through their rack when he went a'viking. did he 'start trouble' by going free right by them?]


Sorry this is so rambling.

My brains are baked.

[youbeyouibei]

Not sure what your budget is, but you might look into a room A/C unit. They have various sizes/BTU ratings that will cool larger areas. I looked into them for my garage where I keep my rats, as I'm having the same issue thanks to this incessant heat. I also bought several fans to circulate the air and create an artificial breeze. They aren't great but they're doing the job and keeping things a balmy high 80's in my garage. The room A/C units would still need to be vented to the outside, through a window or another opening and they're pretty expensive, so that might be a last resort. This heat SUCKS!, but every time I think that, I remember I'm not 5,000 miles from home, carrying a 70+ pound rucksack having people shoot at me...

Sorry for your troubles, hopefully this heat will break soon and things will even back out. Good luck!

[Herp_Herp_hooray]

Airborne!!!^^^ Or if you can put an exhaust fan on one of your wallshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgXJb...e_gdata_player

[Mike41793]

Take empty 2 liter soda bottles and freeze them. Put them behind the fan and turn it on. This should help draw some cool air around the room. Not sure how much itll do though.

Also i the ambient temps in the room are 85+ you might wanna just shut the heat off to your rack. It was 88degrees in my room at thr begining of the summer before i put my AC in and i just shut off the heat in my rack for 3-4days straight. My snakes were much more content.

[Tfpets]

There are also several options for evaporative coolers that are portable. I have one that looks like a really thick box fan. You pour water and ice in the back and it does an Ok job dropping temps a few degrees.

[kitedemon]

The ambient temp looks on the high side for sure but ok. 85ºF ambient in the enclosure is the upper range but ok. so 84-86º ambient you stated. I am guessing it cools some over night? Is this normal temps or just a high point. If it is a high point I would keep an eye on the temps perhaps try one of the 'swamp cooler suggestions (ice and fan of some sort) and let it be. If the ambient temps hit much over 88 I'd stop feeding. Humidly is not an issue unless it is coupled with stagnant air. Bacteria grow best in warm humid and closed conditions. That is why ventilation is important.

[Salamander Rising]

Not sure what your budget is, but you might look into a room A/C unit. They have various sizes/BTU ratings that will cool larger areas. I looked into them for my garage where I keep my rats, as I'm having the same issue thanks to this incessant heat. I also bought several fans to circulate the air and create an artificial breeze. They aren't great but they're doing the job and keeping things a balmy high 80's in my garage. The room A/C units would still need to be vented to the outside, through a window or another opening and they're pretty expensive, so that might be a last resort. This heat SUCKS!, but every time I think that, I remember I'm not 5,000 miles from home, carrying a 70+ pound rucksack having people shoot at me...Sorry for your troubles, hopefully this heat will break soon and things will even back out. Good luck!

Yeah, there sure is that.

A friend of mine just went back over again.

I worry about her until she comes home again.

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Airborne!!!^^^ Or if you can put an exhaust fan on one of your wallshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgXJb...e_gdata_player

There's no usable window but there is a door I open as soon as the sun stops beating on it in the evening.
[it faces due west, blast the luck]

[Salamander Rising]

Take empty 2 liter soda bottles and freeze them. Put them behind the fan and turn it on. This should help draw some cool air around the room. Not sure how much itll do though.

Also i the ambient temps in the room are 85+ you might wanna just shut the heat off to your rack. It was 88degrees in my room at thr begining of the summer before i put my AC in and i just shut off the heat in my rack for 3-4days straight. My snakes were much more content.

I can shut their heat off and nothing horrible will happen?!?

[yes, I'm a compulsive "heat checker"]


When Alice was rambling, all I did was watch the weather channel for low temps every day, worrying he'd 'freeze up' somewhere and die.

He's in the living room now because he's still under observation for symptoms, just in case being loose in 50 degree temps for 3 weeks caused an RI that hasn't manifested yet.

We've had a few blackouts and hubby's used to hauling out the generator *before* I start shrieking and freaking that "they need 91 degrees or they'll die!!!"

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There are also several options for evaporative coolers that are portable. I have one that looks like a really thick box fan. You pour water and ice in the back and it does an Ok job dropping temps a few degrees.

Thanks..I've never heard of that.

[Salamander Rising]

The ambient temp looks on the high side for sure but ok. 85ºF ambient in the enclosure is the upper range but ok. so 84-86º ambient you stated. I am guessing it cools some over night? Is this normal temps or just a high point. If it is a high point I would keep an eye on the temps perhaps try one of the 'swamp cooler suggestions (ice and fan of some sort) and let it be. If the ambient temps hit much over 88 I'd stop feeding. Humidly is not an issue unless it is coupled with stagnant air. Bacteria grow best in warm humid and closed conditions. That is why ventilation is important.

It cools a little bit at night, maybe 80 or so inside.

This is not normal for us.

Thanks for making me worry a little less about the humidity.

That's why I've got the fan blowing.

I just wanted the air moving and hopefully drying things out a bit.

Some of my more susceptible tubs got extra holes poked in them to knock down humidity and I've been filling their water bowls more often but with less water.

I also open everybody's house periodically and just wait for a bit until I think enough 'fresh air' has gotten in.

[kitedemon]

No problem, it is natural to be concerned. You should be, but they are very resilient. Smaller diameter bowls is likely more efficient but that may mean buying something else. A second thought is pull the bowls during the day say 8am-5pm during the hottest part of the day and replace them in the early evening and over night. Typically they are not likely to drink during the day and if they need they still have water over night. What is the room humidity and the enclosure? If they are about the same there is little to do. Again ventilation but if the room and enclosures equalize then it is fine. personally I humidify the room when needed (winter now it is 66%) I don't try to hold 'extra' in the enclosures.

I am sure they will be fine. If it gets too hot skip feeding the Barkers (VPI) say that they can handle for days 100ºF temps as long as they are not digesting. It isn't going to last so get through band aids will be fine.