So I’m trying to find a heater, to heat the snake room up I live in a an apartment and can’t heat the whole house 80’s lol. But I’m tryna find a heater to heat that room up does anybody have any recommendations on heaters?
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Any type of radiant oil heater would be my vote. I’d also be sure to run it on an independent thermostat; not just the one on the unit. Something like a inkbird high power style thermostat. I can send a link to it shortly when I’m home.
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How big of a space are you heating? Also what area are you in or what temps are common through the year?
You probably want to look into something like a space heater. The downside with that is space heaters can eat up quite a lot of power and are pretty common fire hazards.
I just looked up a thermostat for my air conditioner and there were so many reviews saying that it burned out while using a heater. People don’t think to check the wattages before plugging it in though.
I’m gonna tag @ballornothing because they may have a better idea on things
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Here’s the thermostat I use.
It can support up to 1500 watts. My heater can run at 600,1000, and 1500 watts. I run it at 600 to be safe.
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I’d be very cautious of any type of standard blowing electric heater, due to the concerns @armiyana pointed out.
We had one we ran in our sun room last winter where we had some air gap leaking cold air inside, and we spent over $300 to run it for a month.
The oil heaters are nice due to the fact they radiate heat and hold the temp once they get there much easier.
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Just going to note here: if you are renting, you absolutely need to check your lease agreement before doing anything, as it may prohibit the use of space heaters of any kind.
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Just like your generic bedroom of an apartment. But I live in northern Georgia so its starting to cool down now. Around 50s and will cool way down heading into winter.
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Besides the great points already mentioned above. Something to keep in mind is that heat can be drying and affect humidity. Oil radiators are a good choice if they’re allowed in your apartment because they actually do not decrease humidity.
Are you wanting to use ambient heating in addition to another heat source like under tank heaters, CHE, heat tape, etc.?
Sealed insulation board can help in some cases. How many snakes are you housing, and what type of enclosures do you house them in?
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I have enclososed snake rack currently housing 5 snakes. So its using heat tape. But the ambient temp stays 73-75 so I’m tryna heat the room to 80 without doing the whole house!!
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If its just the one rack of 5 snakes would you consider just wrapping it in insulation board? Or using a wide heat mat along the side of the rack set to low 80s to raise the ambient temperature in the tub?
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Well there’s only 5 snakes right now in about 2-3 months there will be 15+. Also tbh Im not trying wrap it or do all that I’d rather just heat the room.
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I’d recommend making sure you’re properly quarantining all new arrivals separately for at least 3-6 months before housing them all in a closed room together. People get really overzealous about buying a lot of ball pythons quickly and tend to cut corners, which can lead to some pretty disasterous situations down the road. It’s never worth the risk to prioritize more animals over quality of care
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Big agree with @chesterhf
That 5 snakes now can easily become 6 or more URI cases…
Or even worse, an entire room full of snake mites, which are the fastest way to spread IBD if one of the new snakes is carrying it.
Safe QT practice is really something more people should be doing regardless of the number or the source of the involved animals.
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