Hi All!
I have started several threads here, when I first started projects, which sadly remain un-updated and unfinished.
An old saying, that I often heard growing up, "Men make plans, God laughs." pretty well sums up the circumstances relating to my unfinished projects.
My reptile room remains in a state of disarray, due to an number of unforeseen events. The biggest problem being the failure of our central air and heat. It went out right at the beginning of summer, and before we could have someone in to fix it, we discovered that my spouse will be laid off soon. Though we aren't too worried about the job situation (already have lots of other job offers), we felt it would be best to wait about spending the $6000 on an new unit until we are sure what is going to happen employment wise.
Needless to say, we couldn't just go without air conditioning, so we purchased a couple of window units (one for the snake room and one for our bedroom), but the smaller unit in the snake room just doesn't keep the room as cool as I would like during the high-heat hours of the day.
So....I have now added a new area to my tanks/rubs: a Bathing Chamber. I have taken plastic shoeboxes from the Dollar Tree and used a soldering iron to cutout an entrance into the top of each lid (a circular cutout about twice the size of a silver dollar). Then I put large size gravel into the bottom of the shoeboxes and add water to 3/4 of the way to the top.
Now, during the hottest hours of the day, all of my snakes can be found cooling off in their Bathing Chambers. The all REALLY seem to like it. So much so, that even after the air gets fixed (or, more accurately, replaced) I plan to keep the Bathing Chambers.
The only "problem" I have had with the new chambers, is that a couple of my snakes poop in them...lol. Not really a "problem" so much as an annoyance, but if nothing else it keeps me on my toes as far as cleaning them goes.
Just thought I would share,
Beau
I have started several threads here, when I first started projects, which sadly remain un-updated and unfinished.
An old saying, that I often heard growing up, "Men make plans, God laughs." pretty well sums up the circumstances relating to my unfinished projects.
My reptile room remains in a state of disarray, due to an number of unforeseen events. The biggest problem being the failure of our central air and heat. It went out right at the beginning of summer, and before we could have someone in to fix it, we discovered that my spouse will be laid off soon. Though we aren't too worried about the job situation (already have lots of other job offers), we felt it would be best to wait about spending the $6000 on an new unit until we are sure what is going to happen employment wise.
Needless to say, we couldn't just go without air conditioning, so we purchased a couple of window units (one for the snake room and one for our bedroom), but the smaller unit in the snake room just doesn't keep the room as cool as I would like during the high-heat hours of the day.
So....I have now added a new area to my tanks/rubs: a Bathing Chamber. I have taken plastic shoeboxes from the Dollar Tree and used a soldering iron to cutout an entrance into the top of each lid (a circular cutout about twice the size of a silver dollar). Then I put large size gravel into the bottom of the shoeboxes and add water to 3/4 of the way to the top.
Now, during the hottest hours of the day, all of my snakes can be found cooling off in their Bathing Chambers. The all REALLY seem to like it. So much so, that even after the air gets fixed (or, more accurately, replaced) I plan to keep the Bathing Chambers.
The only "problem" I have had with the new chambers, is that a couple of my snakes poop in them...lol. Not really a "problem" so much as an annoyance, but if nothing else it keeps me on my toes as far as cleaning them goes.
Just thought I would share,
Beau