Mr. Lang, I do have a couple of those exact fans sittin' around, but I was thinking I may get a smaller one and mount it on the ceiling. Our room is very tiny and I think that fan, even on low would be overkill.

I've decided to go with the oil-heater, but I am wondering for those of you with oil heaters (it seems almost everybody) do you do anything special to protect a potential escapee from coiling itself up in between the fins of the oil heater? I was thinking of building a little cage around the heater with the 1/4" hardware cloth I have leftover from our rat racks. I mean, I highly doubt if a snake did get out they would go to the middle of the room and climb up the heater...but you never know and I would feel just horrible if it happened!