I have a retile that is used to cold night climates of about 50 degrees, I have no problem keeping him warm the light puts off enough warmth, I Just cant think of how to bring the temp down. It is normally between 75 and 80 but at night i need it to drop to about 50 degrees farenheit.
2006-09-28 16:06:46 · 7 answers · asked by guitlamo13 2 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
get a cooler..fill it with ice...sprinkle a lot of salt in it...the salt will make the ice melt fast..should keep that small of a space cool all night or all day
2006-09-28 16:22:21 · answer #1 · answered by jdog44442003 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow. I can't think of a herp that would prefer such cold night temps, but you can certainly try a small, portable air conditioner. They make 'windowless' units that should work here.
Another possibility would be to freeze several bottles filled with a salt water mixture. Plain ice only gets to 32 degrees- putting it in a colder freezer does not make the ice colder. Salt water, however, can get a lot colder than 32- it can get as cold as the freezer is set to, and deep freezes can get pretty dang cold.
Take a bunch of water bottles or other strong containers, and fill them with a salt water mix that contains as much salt as you can get into the water and freeze them. Put them on a high shelf in the closet and the cold air they generate will float downwards, cooling the room.
Regulate this by doing things like putting the bottles in a cooler or box to slow the cooling down, changing the number of bottles used to change the temps, etc.
You can re-use the bottles over and over. Personally, I'd set up twice as many as I needed- 1 set freezing, the other in use.
2006-09-29 11:49:22 · answer #2 · answered by Madkins007 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy a couple of those blue freezer packs of the type that you freeze and put inside lunch boxes and small coolers. You can get them about 8" and possibly larger. Put them in your freezer. When it gets late put one or two on one side of the enclosure. The reptile will go closer or farther away until it is in the best temperature zone. They will start to warm up toward morning and you can take them out and put them back in the freezer for the next night. If it is a dangerous reptile such as a rattlesnake you should put the freezer packs on the outside of one side of the tank or in something with a rope or string around it for safer removal and replacement.
2006-09-28 23:41:34 · answer #3 · answered by twistedmouse 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I doubt it needs it to be that could at night, it might come from some place where that happens but i don't think it is needed. The only true requirement a reptile has is the daytime temp.
If you believe you must make it cold at night, don't put anything cold in the enclosure where the animal can touch it.
2006-09-29 09:43:31 · answer #4 · answered by fish lips 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What the heck kind of reptile do you have that needs 50 degrees at night??? I know desert species are used to large drops in temp. at night, but I've NEVER heard of dropping it to 50 degrees. What species is it?
2006-09-29 01:31:19 · answer #5 · answered by snake_girl85 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can purchase a portable A/C unit from Home Depot or Lowe's. That will cool down the closet....
2006-09-29 23:11:27 · answer #6 · answered by Kimberly K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What about a fan or something on a timer. Have it blow not on him, but through his cage or atleast the top of it since heat rises. I honestly don't have a clue about that one. He must be a desert lizard of some kind. Bearded dragon?
2006-09-28 23:16:56 · answer #7 · answered by cherrydevil119 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋