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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rick Stallard" data-source="post: 35547" data-attributes="member: 3166"><p>I am in Missouri and our winters are cold. I have all my Ts in mostly shoebox size containers with a few larger and smaller for slings. I have them stacked on top of each other on shelves. 3 sides are now covered in foam board and in the summer with screen. The screen is for ventilation, allows some but not too much. The winter foam board holds in heat. On one side I have 22 various containers all heated using a hanging 150w ceramic heater. It points down from the top. The second shelf has 9 containers and has the same ceramic heater only a 100w. On the front I have a large piece of foam board that acts as a cover. It is removed to gain access but holds in the heat and keeps it darker.  Both sides stay at around 78-85. I water almost everyday and give everybody, yes everybody no matter what species, a mist twice a week. You will read and be told some of this is wrong, but thats just someones opinion. My Ts eat like crazy, move around a lot (don't hide), and molt with ease because of humidity and molt quite often. that may be my one problem, I feed them too much. All my Ts have grown very fast, but at the same time, they are in excellent condition. Active and healthy. So I would say my set-up works.</p></blockquote><p></p>