Forum: Enclosures

Hello! I am wanting to do a planted tank for my garter snake, and i had a few questions: What types of plants are good for them? Do they like...

Hey everyone, its been a while since I last posted. Since then, I've moved one of my garters to a 40 gallon, quarantined a new addition, and moved...

I picked up an exoterra 40 gallon tank on the cheap several months ago and began building my garters' final abode. I started with a custom back...

I was inspired from a couple of threads I saw here and on other sites regarding a bioactive setup. This is my first attempt at creating such a setup,...

What do ya'll recommend for an enclosure heat source. What ambient air temperature do you recommend. Does this vary between the different varieties...

Showing off this place that i invested quite some time in. Just adding a couple of moisture boxes then its ready for 4 thamnophis moving in next...

I was wondering if hikory is ok for garter snakes. Last year, I found nicely sized and relatively old logs in the forest. They were completely...

Hi, Are baby tears and spider plants alright for a garter snake terrarium?

Hello everyone! I currently have one male albino checkered. He is a year old and is approx. 22 inches long. Right now, he is in a 10 gallon ...

I've been working on putting together a setup for a potential garter with a exo terra about the size of a five gal tank. I have setup this tiny...

I was wondering if there's a list of plants that are ok for garter snakes out there. I know pothoses are, and will even stand up to "droughts", if...

Hello! Wasn't sure whether this should go here or the Welcome forum, but figured this would be the best place for this.

Hi, Does anyone know any repositionable heat mats that are available in Canada? Alternatively, I read in another thread about someone who stuck...

Anyone care to recommend a brand of thermostat that could be hooked up with a heating pad for a garter snake setup?.

So I've always wanted to do this for any reptile really. But these little girls deserve an awesome pad. This is a 30 gal tall tank i got...

HI here some pics of our enclosures

I am on the hunt for isopods for both my garter snake and crested gecko bioactive enclosures. I have tried the white springtails and dwarf purple...

So I've been thinking in my head for a while how I want to build my eventual large enclosure for females. This thing is probably going to be 4'-5'...

Figured I would go ahead and start a new thread on this. So my plan is to switch to bioactive setup when my new girls come out of QT in about 3...

Even though it will be several months before I add some snake souls I wanted to give the other inhabitants a head start. The substrate is a mixture...