summers coming up and where i live in a fairly hot area.. well by then i will probably have a corn and when i am not home, to keep the viv cool, do i have to keep the air conditionig on all day (BILL) or is there another way to keep the viv cool, and also, is it better to have the temp a little to hot or a little to cold?
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tyflier
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Well...my house DOES go to above 90*F, regularly through the summer, if I am not home with the a/c on.
Cold drinking water, maybe an ice cube or two in the water dish...this will help reduce the heat inside the viv. I also plan to have an oscillating fan going in my room to keep the air moving and circulating, even if it doesn't cool it off too much...
Cold drinking water, maybe an ice cube or two in the water dish...this will help reduce the heat inside the viv. I also plan to have an oscillating fan going in my room to keep the air moving and circulating, even if it doesn't cool it off too much...
Nanci
Alien Lover
My house will get to 90F on a bad day, _with_ the AC on. AC operates fine- it just can't keep up. My house is in blazing sun all day. I have trees planted, but they need to grow. I stupidly planted on the west side first, when I should have done the south. Sun heats differently down here than it does up north.
Nanci
Nanci
tyflier
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A/C isn't much good when the outside temperature is 110*F. I run my a/c and consider myself LUCKY to get my house down to 80*F.Dave123 said:Geez, your houses get that hot! I would die. You guys need some better A.C.
The only saving grace for me is the well established shade trees around my house, that keep the beast of the heat at bay for most of the day, so I only have to deal with the extreme temps for about 4-6 hours a day.
jaxom1957
No one can own just one
You don't live too far from me, and we share the wonderful valley weather. I'm having t-shirts made that say, "I can't go to hell: I already summer in Modesto".tyflier said:
I've found a large bowl of ice set in front of a box fan does a good job of dropping the temp, but the heat isn't as big a problem for the snake. So long as there is plenty of water and the temperature does cool down at night, the snakes should be fine.
Mrs InsaneOne
I See Snakes...
That is oh-so-true... we live in a tin box less then 50 miles from Death Valley. It is up and over 115*F quite often for days at a time and the swamp cooler we have in our rental sucks.. it was down for a total of 3 wks last summer (two or three seperate times) and if not for the fact that I am home most all the time we'd have lost nearly every one of our critters. As it was we only lost a few breeder mice and a few new born pinks. The snakes are in the middle (coolest) part of the house and were realatively safe with fans and plenty of fresh cool water (9 out of every 10 practically lived in thier water dishes during that time).Nanci said:
This year we have a back up A/C unit that the hubby bought at the end of summer last year that we can use if we have problems again. I anticpate at least another 3 wks of down time on the a/c though, because the swamp cooler should have been replaced two summers ago. Our manager is more concerned with beautifying the park though, and would rather spend the money cutting down the shade trees, building rock planters, and putting in a HUGE new deck for his own unit first.
:-offtopic I hate renting!
Jenn
Susan
Go Ahead, Make My Day!
I'm sort of surprised that everyone has trouble keeping their house cool in the summer. We have the heat on during the winter (set at 72) and the A/C goes 24/7 during the rest of the year (set at 76). And the electric bill isn't that bad at all (ave $200/mo) as we've discovered it takes less electricity to keep the house at a certain temp than to turn it off when we're not home and on when we are.