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<blockquote data-quote="Captain Firecat" data-source="post: 40450" data-attributes="member: 3530"><p>Haha, I know, I'm guessing this isn't the right site for asking about keeping Ts warm, as most of the users seem to be from the native areas of the Ts so of course their rooms are warm enough. </p><p></p><p>I should point out aside from first thing in the morning I'm never cold in the house, but them I'm homeostatic and wearing clothes, neither advantage my T would have.</p><p></p><p>I'm at a loss. 9 months of the year the temperature will be fine 24/7, but for the other 3m... I don't know what to do. I can't leave a heater running all day (that'd be a super way to come home to a charred ruin of a house), our house was plumbed by some weirdo so has no thermostat(!), so I can't even switch all the radiators off but one and leave the heating on.</p><p></p><p>My last idea is to make a sort of heated cupboard via heat mats for walls (I have plenty of heatmats) all hooked to a thermostat to keep the temperature in the 20's. Then pretty much leave the T to it (obviously keep feeding and watering, but not on display) until the weather turns again. My snakes I've seen... 5 times since November, they are all piled in a box. No different to that.</p><p></p><p>On a related note, and just thinking out loud really, why are my snakes fine (their recommended temperature is mid 20s) but a T wouldn't be? I wonder if they are just hardier for whatever reason. They must be in the teens a lot of nights, and have been for every winter, but they have survived nearly 20 years. But then they fast over winter, which I've never read Ts doing, so maybe that's part of it.</p><p></p><p>Is there a T that is renowned for managing at lower temps? Or is my heatmat cupboard (say set to 20 to avoid some sort of oven effect) viable?</p><p></p><p>Given Ts are popular in the UK, and UK winters can be chilly, and a lot our our houses are pretty old (this is one of the newest houses I've ever lived in, but it's still from the 30s), you'd think I'd be swimming in suggestions online. Maybe we should just heat the house more! Though we are double glazed, draught free, insulated in the loft... Haha, I made a cup of tea (British!) before I started this like 5 mins ago, and it is now cool... But our kitchen is an extension and again built by some moron who thought a line of bricks would do, we've had to stuff insulation behind cabinets.</p><p></p><p>Come visit sunny England! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Captain Firecat, post: 40450, member: 3530"] Haha, I know, I'm guessing this isn't the right site for asking about keeping Ts warm, as most of the users seem to be from the native areas of the Ts so of course their rooms are warm enough. I should point out aside from first thing in the morning I'm never cold in the house, but them I'm homeostatic and wearing clothes, neither advantage my T would have. I'm at a loss. 9 months of the year the temperature will be fine 24/7, but for the other 3m... I don't know what to do. I can't leave a heater running all day (that'd be a super way to come home to a charred ruin of a house), our house was plumbed by some weirdo so has no thermostat(!), so I can't even switch all the radiators off but one and leave the heating on. My last idea is to make a sort of heated cupboard via heat mats for walls (I have plenty of heatmats) all hooked to a thermostat to keep the temperature in the 20's. Then pretty much leave the T to it (obviously keep feeding and watering, but not on display) until the weather turns again. My snakes I've seen... 5 times since November, they are all piled in a box. No different to that. On a related note, and just thinking out loud really, why are my snakes fine (their recommended temperature is mid 20s) but a T wouldn't be? I wonder if they are just hardier for whatever reason. They must be in the teens a lot of nights, and have been for every winter, but they have survived nearly 20 years. But then they fast over winter, which I've never read Ts doing, so maybe that's part of it. Is there a T that is renowned for managing at lower temps? Or is my heatmat cupboard (say set to 20 to avoid some sort of oven effect) viable? Given Ts are popular in the UK, and UK winters can be chilly, and a lot our our houses are pretty old (this is one of the newest houses I've ever lived in, but it's still from the 30s), you'd think I'd be swimming in suggestions online. Maybe we should just heat the house more! Though we are double glazed, draught free, insulated in the loft... Haha, I made a cup of tea (British!) before I started this like 5 mins ago, and it is now cool... But our kitchen is an extension and again built by some moron who thought a line of bricks would do, we've had to stuff insulation behind cabinets. Come visit sunny England! ;) [/QUOTE]
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