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Wine Coolers as Hibernation Chambers

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jason

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Hey everyone, I've had this idea for a while now to use Wine Coolers as hibernation chambers for my salamanders. I don't trust mini fridges at all because my worms and other food died by freezing in them. When I think about putting my tigers in one of those, Im like "Hell no!"

Most wine coolers have manual or digital thermostats that range from 45-60 degrees. Why the hell would people want to freeze their wine? They don't! So I figure if you just pay attention to the temp, the salamanders won't freeze either. This seems to be a preferable range for hibernation, right?

I was talking to Mike_g on AIM and he found this site with lots of great smaller models.
http://www.beveragefactory.com/refrigerators/wine/compact.shtml

Check it out. What do you all think of this?
 
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I reposted this under 'General Discussion.' That's where I meant to post it. Check up there.
 
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