Best Cooler for Brumating Hoggies

Colubrids Hognose Snakes
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Well since October is already past the halfway point and my male Hognose snake is up to weight for breeding and is starting to go off of food, I was going to set up my old jerry-rigged mini fridge to brumate the pair that I’ve used in the past to brumate Brooksi Kings…

But the thing is completely shot. We tried to see if it was a refrigerant issue, but it seems like something electrical instead- so I’m looking at buying a wine cooler thats reliable instead.

Is there any reccomended wine cooler to buy specifically for brumating snakes or is any wine cooler with manual temp control ok? Is asking for a type of wine cooler for brumating ok with Community Guidelines? If not I’ll take the post down.

Edit to add:

I’m also not looking for something that large, Thélyss and Peaches are probably going to be the only Hoggies I breed unless one of them has issues with breeding.

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I would check out fb marketplace. Anything on the smaller side should do. I don’t think brand matters so much just make sure it can get to the temps you need before taking it home. My first wine cooler was a 24 bottle I think? And got it for $50 another town over. It ran great and lasted me four years. It had a dial so I used a thermometer inside and would just take it down a notch every few days until it was at temp. The one I have now is digital so that’s a lot easier obviously, but I still use a thermometer just in case.

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Welp my hubby snagged me another mini fridge for cheap. Its pretty beaten up and dusty but its only cosmetic damage- it cools just fine :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

Going to get it running for a few weeks to make sure temps don’t fluctuate too much and nothing else goes wrong.

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