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Air Holes & Hides

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pet_snake_78

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I'm going to use a 6qt sterilite tub with clamping lid. I've made 5 holes in each side with soldering gun. Is that enough for a small snake to get air? It's in a room that's hard to keep warm so I don't want to go overboard but I want to make sure he breathes.

Also even in a little box do snakes need a hide? I made one out of a plastic container but the edges are not smooth. Do snakes scrape themselves against the plastic when an entrace hole is cut this way.
 
pet_snake_78 said:
It's in a room that's hard to keep warm . . . .
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Are you using a heat source, such as an under-tank heater? What is the ambient room temp?

I think you have enough air holes, but I'd be more concerned about the snake staying warm than if he has enough air.

I always offer a hide, no matter the cage size. I would smooth out the sharp surfaces of the hide opening. You can use sandpaper, or a metal file, depending on how thick the material is. Or just use a toilet paper, or paper towel tube.

Kathy
 
I have 11" flexwatt on a thermostat tapped under a pvc enclosure, the plastic box sits inside the enclosure, so if the snake escapes somehow he still cannot get away. The plastic box is inside a PVC enclosure which I will switch to directly when he gets a little bigger. I also have an RHP but it's not on. Placing a small portion of the 6qt container over flexwatt raised the basking spot by about 6F over room temperature but the ambient in the rest of the container only raised by 2F. I'm going to let it sit overnight and try some experimentation in the morning. The room is 80F right now but it gets down to like 60F mid-winter which is why I am trying to prepare in advance. I'm thinking I could put the RHP on a different thermostat and use it to keep the enclosure a little warmer and then let the flexwatt make the basking spot? Heating the whole room costs too much, so I'm trying to figure out a way to get through the coming winter.
 
It's good that you're thinking ahead, but I think your room will still be too cold in the winter.

RHPs are a good source of heat, but with those temps, it will probably struggle to keep temps where they should be.

It sounds like you have just the one snake - can you move it to a warmer room? I heat / cool my snake room to stay at 79-80 degrees year-round, and it is expensive, but my animals are healthy, and don't hug the hot spots.

Kathy
 
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