Hey guys !! Im new to snake some help ?

[GarterGuy17]

Do you have a reason or is it just a personal preference ?

[RedSidedSPR]

I prefer lamps too.

Petco is a scam. They charge $5 for a tiny bottle of "hermit crab water" Ingredients: Distilled water.

Here's my tank for my babies (upgrading soon)







They love the shelf.

[GarterGuy17]

Wow I have to say that platform is just I don't know i'm speechless I have to make one for my tank I just have to I would love to see my snake like that once I get it. Just an all around amazing tank 10 out of 10 people might be starting to think i'm easily impressed :X

[RedSidedSPR]

Thanks The platform was easy to build. PM me sometime and I'll tell ya how I did it.

The water bowl is now bigger, and there's a few changes but that's the cage.

[GarterGuy17]

I'll be sure to do that as soon as I purchase my tank

[EasternGirl]

I'm just paranoid about heat mat burns...I guess an adult snake would have to be pretty stupid to not move off hot glass and get burned...Steve and I have had this conversation at length...but I just worry about a baby burrowing and not knowing to get off of the hot glass...maybe you are right Chris, maybe it doesn't even get hot enough to burn a snake and maybe I'm just paranoid. But I know Steve uses ceramic tiles to ensure protecting from the heated glass. Anyway...with what Wayne said...many people do not use night bulbs...and he is right, garters are used to pretty cold temps outside. I prefer to use them. It is really a matter of preference. Some people don't use night heat and some people believe you should. I use them when it is very cold in the winter but not when it is not really cold outside and the house is staying relatively warm. If the house is staying above 65 at night, I don't use them.

Jesse...what size tank is that? That platform is awesome! I would love to build one for my tanks but I don't know if there would be enough room. That tank is sweet...

[PINJOHN]

Welcome from a monsoon like Liverpool


Amazing scouse fact charlie Chaplin attended school in liverpool

[GarterGuy17]

Thanks for the welcome

[infernalis]

Do you have a reason or is it just a personal preference ?

It's a personal preference, But I can't stress enough, it's a lot easier to cook a garter snake than it is to freeze them.

In the wild, they tend to spend the hottest part of the day hiding in the shade. They bask in the morning to warm up, they feed and then seek shelter from the sun.

I encounter far more garters out and about on cloudy, wet days or under the canopy of forest near wetlands.

When it's really warm out, they are under boards, rocks and logs.

[GarterGuy17]

Cook a garter hahah , But I understand now. The lamp is my way to go then since there's not much natural light in my room. By the way is it hard to get a snake on a fish fillet diet with occasional pinky's. I want to know whats the best for its health as far as size.